Fully Charged Geneva episode 015

A frantic day at the Geneva Motor show, more electric cars than you can poke a stick at

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Robert
• Llewellyn
• electric
• cars
• Geneva
• Tesla
• Leaf
• Focus
• VW
• Bulli
• Rolls
• Royce

[zlozlozlo]

Anyway, I strongly suggest you look up the company Better Place, founded by former SAP's product manager Shai Agassi. He basically figured out the right business model and infrastructure model. Here's a vid where he explains it /watch?v=FcoJt2KLC9k

this is no empty talk, they've partnered with Renault-Nissan, got over $1 billion in investor money, and are currently deploying infrastructure in Denmark, Israel, Australia. Next up is Hawaii, SF Bay Area, Ontario.

[fullychargedshow]

@zlozlozlo I am very aware of Better Place and the work they are doing, I'm constantly referring people to their work when they ask me in twitter about the swappable battery idea. Eventually I want to look into the system in more depth on Fully Charged, however a lot of manufacturers I've spoken to are skeptical about it. I'm not, I think it's a brilliant idea

[edstar83]

Hell Yeah! About time.!!

[PJCelis]

The BMW Active E is an electric 1 series coupe, not a 3 series.

[XitUp]

@DanFrederiksen I am looking at the big picture. No, the world can not run on veg oil, I never said that. But if you want a cheap, renewable powered form of transportation it's an option. Most people don't want old cars though.

No, 'they' don't owe you a thing. If you're that bothered you can do something about it yourself, rather than moaning on youtube.

Also, no need to personal insults, cuntychops.

[DanFrederiksen]

@XitUp you're not looking at the big picture. the world can't run on used vegetable oil..

and yes they owe us super efficient cars, same as politicians owes us the truth and cooks owe us not to spit in our food. stop being so dense

[XitUp]

@DanFrederiksen Yes, I think the world would function. Would our model of society and economy function? No, of course not. But we would survive.

I like being able to drive as it makes my life a lot easier, but I could ride my bike to work if I needed to.

Would I like a cheap electric/range extended/hybrid vehicle? Of course I would, but no one owes me these things.

You could go out today and buy an old diesel merc to run on used veg oil with a few mods. It would only cost you a couple of grand.

[DanFrederiksen]

@XitUp you think this world would function without vehicles? of course not. cars are more needed than medicine. and yes they do owe me and everyone a cost optimized green option. because of global warming and peak oil.

[XitUp]

I think battery swapping would work with fleet vehicles. Taxis, local delivery etc.

For private vehicles I don't think it would work. I'd be pretty pissed off if I drove my brand new car in and swapped the battery with one that had done hundreds of cycles.

[XitUp]

@eldictator1 CdA

[XitUp]

@DanFrederiksen You don't NEED a car, so it can't be overpriced. Food, water, medicines, shelter, these are the things we need, they can be overpriced. Everything else is just stuff we want and the market will decide the price. No one owes you a cheap car.

[XitUp]

@Seamaster73 Vauxhall was a british company, Opel was a German one. They both got bought by GM.