Yeah, the price for electric cars still overides the gas savings in most cases. It will come down eventually, after the hype is over and R&D is paid for. But they say the same thing about WiMax technology. I wonder which will become affordable first? :-)
But .. I'm a big fan of electric cars innovation because it promotes lighter smaller cars. I've always been a fan of the lighter sports car models, like Italian Sports cars. In my 20s, I used to joke around that my little Fiat X-19s was so light it could probably run on batteries, and that the targa top should have been made of solar panels. (PS, my gas guage was broken at the time, so I occasionally ran out of gas, and got caught having to push my car for a mile or two to the nearest gas station, which was quicker than waiting for someone to bring me a gas can). Go figure, 15 years later they are actually making electric sports cars. (well actually, they were making them way earlier, but the super conductivity, battery technology, and schience of electrical efficiency was not as advanced). The big problem I see is, "What are they going to do with all the batteries that wear out?" It could be Enviroment Hazmat HelX. Anyways, John, thanks for posting the link, it was an enjoyable listen. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Where is Jack Rickard? > He's a good guy he is.... > > Very cool stuff. I loved the part about the led lights. If only the > prices > of them would come down out of the clouds! > > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Scrivner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:20 PM > Subject: [WISPA] Where is Jack Rickard? > > >>I have had the pleasure of staying in touch with Jack Rickard, the >>founder >> of Boardwatch Magazine and ISPCON, over the last few years. His new >> passion >> these days is building electric cars and reporting on his progress on the >> technology. It obviously has nothing to do with wireless but many of you >> probably followed Jack for years through the early days of the Internet >> and >> I thought you might want to watch some video of his latest projects. This >> is >> better than anything shown on History, Discover and the Learning Channel >> combined. If you do not watch anything else make sure you watch his test >> drive videos of his electric Porsche. The discussions he shares are even >> more fascinating than the car itself. Sorry for the off topic post. For >> many >> of you I think you will agree that it is worth going off base a little. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/user/marionRickard >> >> John Scrivner >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
