Agassi's Electric Car Grid

Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson interviews Shai Agassi. Agassi is reimagining the entire automotive ecosystem by proposing a new concept called the Electric Recharge Grid Operator.

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[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.