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JRP3
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Nik
Got there eventually :-)
Nik
Got there eventually :-)
More detail on the Delta E4 here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring/8555106/Electric-Delta-E4-at-Crystal-Palace.html.
Delta estimate that if they could sell 10,000 cars a year they could do them for £60,000 - probably about what a Model S will sell for in the UK.
Delta estimate that if they could sell 10,000 cars a year they could do them for £60,000 - probably about what a Model S will sell for in the UK.
smorgasbord
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Hillarious - he waxes lyrical about how the industry needs to change and how we have to reduce emissions... then gets on a plane to Paris.
No but there is a very fast, mostly French (low CO2) powered, high speed rail service between London and Paris. If it's there, take it.
Everyone seems to have an excuse as to why it's ok for them to take the plane. It's hypocrisy. I'm not saying I never fly - on the contrary - but if an alternative exists I use it.
JRP3
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I generally give people a pass who travel to actively promote or develop EV's. I drove around a lot in my ICE for parts when building my EV, including a trip in a truck with a trailer to pick up the donor vehicle.
I enjoyed that episode. Mostly great & interesting.
You can see he has a lot of vision and deep thinking going on.
Couple of nitpicks:
at 11:30 "The only way to store energy is in a battery..."
(What about flywheels? Pumping fluids up hill? Super-heating salt?, etc...)
at 23:54 "In many countries electric cars can park anywhere, such as handicapped spots."
(Which countries? Isn't that unfair to the handicapped that need those wide, easy access spots?)
I particularly enjoyed the smirk in the backseat when he commented on the creative ways governments manage to come up with new taxes.
You can see he has a lot of vision and deep thinking going on.
Couple of nitpicks:
at 11:30 "The only way to store energy is in a battery..."
(What about flywheels? Pumping fluids up hill? Super-heating salt?, etc...)
at 23:54 "In many countries electric cars can park anywhere, such as handicapped spots."
(Which countries? Isn't that unfair to the handicapped that need those wide, easy access spots?)
I particularly enjoyed the smirk in the backseat when he commented on the creative ways governments manage to come up with new taxes.
Using H2O, soil, atmosphere, and a seed, you could store solar energy as wood, which could then be burned later. Or better yet, you could bury the wood deep underground, wait 200 million years, and then dig it up and burn it, allowing for a higher energy density. I think we've got our high energy density storage solution right there... wait...
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