Agassi's Electric Car Grid

[gustav454]

Look at Israel, Denmark, and Australia right now, just a few months away from delivering a few hundren thousand electric cars.  Shai truly is a visionary

[TheEEStudent]

If one would, say, put a charge station in Tuscaloosa and take a cable from a + terminal to a nearby field, south of town, where a large sheet of metal would have been secured to the ground, what would happen if it happened to be in a tornado's path..? After reading about charge sheath vortex, one cannot but wonder.. Well, if every town in south USA would do that, it may not help with fighting tornadoes, but at least they will have electric cars.

[greenfeld5]

its very simple i am mechanic inventor 30 years mechanic ,

what the car manufacture has to do , small trailer behind the car , this will give more distance ,

small change of trailer rather than on the car battery , can change fast ,

greenfeld meir

[longhairedartist]

What if instead of investing in research for 300 mile range batteries or battery switching stations we 1. embed induction technology into HOV-EV lanes 2. invest in electric bullet rail systems that will also carry in freight your small vehicle 4 times interstate speeds... get thru an airport check in at under an hour lately? i mean these are things you can't hand over to an individual to solve on their own, this is the kind of support we need from our govt.

[dektronic07]

This is the furture. Oil cannot and will not last forever- it is a nonrenewable resource- and what's left of the oil will just become more and more expensive as it becomes harder and harder to get at (we are running out of "Easy" Oil) and there is an parabolically-increasing demand for a nearly flat supply...

[Adventurestud]

It's amazing. The 28 second commercial took no time to load and played with no lag at all but the 28 minute content stalled every 5 seconds. WTF?! No thanks.

[r4nd0mn4me]

He is right though. That is VERY basic robotics. I work with robots and if a robot can place a 3 gram part with in a few thousandths of a millimeter of where you want it, it sure as hell can place a big battery in the bay under your car.

[WhatFEDnotesARE]

Regarding the "Agassi's Electric Car Grid" interview you should do one with ThyseenKrupp engineers that developed the battery pack recharge & exchange station for EVs. Its faster than filling up 10 gallons or more of traditional fuel.

[o10ciano]

its UNWISE to stop the "massive disruption" of the carbon economy.

[edstar83]

Im already in the process of converting a car to electric. im not waiting for the big boys otherwise we'll be wating for ever.

[Adventurestud]

It's refreshing to see Shai still at it and making progress with Project Better Place. It would be tragic if none of our American car companies see the future and go electric. Oh well, if they don't someone else will. Let's just hope it's not just the Chinese or some other country who takes advantage of this amazing and world changing opportunity.

[hellomate639]

Lets do something about it and start OSWH: Operation Spam the White House

Tell everyone you know to send a message to the White House because you can indeed contact them on their website and contact them without emailing them. The title should be uniform: Electric Infrastructure Now.

I can't do much, but I can tell someone who can do something about it to do a lot. Spread the word of this project around. It needs to happen.

Or tell the Republicans that its the way to save their image...

[prst99]

Why don't we let Better Place follow their current timetable? They are still a small, new company that has to learn the business. After they learn how, they will be able to scale larger and faster. A problem this size needs manageable timetables and capability development.

[cecilbdml]

Huh? They capitulated and weren't as conservative, and lost seats. Apparently that's the part of their image they hurt...listening to advice such as yours.

The message SHOULD be: All those subsidies for green energy? Send them back to the American Taxpayer, and let US figure it out. And this is the future as much as unicorns and perpetual motion engines.

[alexandercraig]

This is what we need. Good luck to all that are involved.

[RN0909]

this is amazing...i cannot wait until it comes to fruition

[wullebulle123]

what about the problem of vandalism at the charging spots or the exchange stations?

[ludwigious]

vandalism at the charging spots would be at LEAST handled the same way as vandalism at a gas station. At MOST it will be handled the same way that vandalism/tampering cell phone towers is handled (shooting on sight).

[Bill25cycle]

Talk about complicating things needlessly, this 'problem' is trivially easier to solve than these guys think:

1). Since power plants just 'idle away' from midnight to seven a.m, if people recharge their cars then, it will vastly increase the efficiency of EXISTING infrastructure, and overall, lower people's rates.

2). The HUGE TECHNOLOGY required to accomplish this great feat is a $8 timer at K-mart to recharge when rates are cheap. People will do this if u give them a 20% discount @night.

[RockOnHakan]

its a good idea but I'm pretty sure that they thought of the easiest way and thought that was it

[cecilbdml]

I would simplify it further:

Don't expect any of this to happen if someone else is providing your power. Use what's available to you locally (hydro, natural gas generator, whatever) and power your OWN home and car. No need for a grid for homes, and less control over what you do in them.

Or wait for these jokers to work with Congress to put remote controls on your home to turn it off when they see fit. No thanks.

[Bill25cycle]

That's why I want no part of a 'Smart Grid'. The AGW crowd will find out when you run your clothes dryer or dishwasher and TAX you for your 'inefficient usage'.  I love it when the EPA says that PLANT FOOD CO2 is 'a dangerous pollutant', but says a little bit of CYANIDE, is o.k.

[cartridgeboxers]

I REALLY hope this works!!

[trevnap08]

To get everyone to see this we will need everyone to post it to their facebooks/myspace pages so that word will spread! If it reaches the ears and eyes of our political leaders idk how much they can help, but its a great idea to get the idea out there!

[Tektra]

the leaders of China and America really need to see this.

[Nichen]

Very interesting!

[strictlysega]

fingers crossed

[Bob06460]

really exciting stuff

[TreeSurfing]

awsome

[achampag]

very exciting!

[CozmoCon123]

pretty coo