>From Michel > There might be a way for purely electric vehicles to deal with long > trips, without the need for a network of charging stations, nor even a > network of gas stations: an Internet based peer to peer (EV to EV) kWh > trading scheme, where home- or office- charged cars with energy to > spare would automatically advertise their location and kWh for sale on > the Internet, as well as the price, and would appear on other cars' > GPS screens. Some kind of standard interconnection cable would have to > be devised, allowing cars to talk to each other during the charge > transfer, notably to make sure that they agree on the amount of energy > that has been transferred.
Such a scenario strikes me as impractical in the sense that "buyers" and "sellers" would have to negotiate a rendezvous spot. Where to perform the transfer of goods? At a nearby gas station? A parking lot at McDonalds off of the freeway? OTOH, I could see the possibility of a group of enterprising people customizing their cars & vans with large battery banks to be used as energy storage. They could then cruise the freeways in wait of customers in need of a quick point, click, sale - charge. However, it would seem to me that such services would not be cheap. Purchase of electricity in such a manner is likely to be at a premium. After all, these enterprising individuals who have to purchase electricity to fill their battery banks, and I seriously question whether they could get their supplies at wholesale prices. And as Jed as already commented, there is the time factor. Better perform the transaction at a nearby restaurant. I'd prefer Culver's rather than McDonalds. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
