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The graph showing temperature change and CO2 levels is kind of interesting. Normally, when one wants to show that 2 things are related, one puts 2 lines on top of each other, but these are kept separate. I have seen these 2 lines on top of each other, and it shows that temperature leads CO2...

When I looked at it, Face Book Was number 3, Tesla was number 1 and number 2 (bebo) had 2/3 the votes. It looks to me like Tesla is likely win.

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If you want to go 300 miles, you need a series hybrid. Most large equipment including trains are powered by series hybrids because an ICE is more efficient when it is designed to run at a constant speed. It is just a matter of wanting to store energy in a battery which will wear out or a...

Remember that compressed air tools are used because they are stonger, lighter, cheaper, and longer lasting than other types of power tools. Granted, none of them actually carry around the air source with them, but it seems to me that the air car could fill a nitch market and do so cheaply. Some...

Its about intelectual property rights. If China funds the project, they would have shared ownership of the technology, perhaps full ownership.

I am sceptical about global warming, wonder about peak oil (though it has to happen sometime), but I also think it is stupid not to persue this technology. It looks cheaper than oil, isn't going to be comming from countries with people trying to destroy us, and is very clean. What isn't there to...

I believe that batteries, especially lead/acid, have to be vented to the outside. Cars, RV's and such, all have thier batteries separate from any occupied area.

One of Tesla's engineers made a responce to a comment in the blog. you have to read fairly deep into the comments to find it. If you search for the editor's comments, it might help, the editor posted his position in the company.

I would guess that there would be significant losses in wheel resistance not just atmospheric drag, and those losses would be much more linear than the drag component.

You are probably right. However, larger currents would require 3 phase power, which in turn would require an industrial power installation. You could not do that at home. However, a commercial recharging station might. If electric cars take off, I would expect to see charging stations in parking...

Read the current blog post: Martin: As it turns out, when we designed a battery pack that delivers the desired 250-mile range, it happens also to produce enough power for the kind of acceleration we were after. In this sense, we lucked out with standard lithium ion batteries. More batteries...

You wouldn't get better exceleration from a smaller battery pack. If the present pack produces say 40kw, a quarter sized battery would produce 10kw, only enough to maintain 60mph, not get there in 4 seconds