uh huh, and/or you figure an occasional wait-time is a fact of life in this system as it gets started - tho with a smart phone you can easily find the station with the least wait time and head there.
Eventually, as batteries improve recharge times and capacity, and shrink, the system will improve.
But more importantly, a huge amount of current gasoline capacity would be replaced by home charging. Commuters would rarely stop for a battery. Battery stations would really only be for long trips or day trips - and occasional other cases. Therefore they wouldn't be anything like gas stations are now - they'd probably be fully automated, something like a car wash.
What I don't get is why there isn't a standard battery, and an exchange system in place. This solves the whole problem of charge time in one quick shot, and is bound to drive down the cost as well.
Heck it ough to be quicker than pumping gas - pop out one battery, pop in a fresh one, get going.
"all the fresh honey you want comes out"
never mind that the bees need to eat or they die.
IMHO as a backyard beekeeper this setup could get messy real fast.
Google's biggest competitors likely to exhaust themselves in this protracted battle. Wonder who the winner is? Now, if just Google sticks to that Orwelian "Do No Evil" slogan for ever then we're good.
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this is easily as important as PIPA/SOPA/ACTA - slashdot, craigslist, reddit and the rest - you got your splash pages ready i hope?
uh huh, and/or you figure an occasional wait-time is a fact of life in this system as it gets started - tho with a smart phone you can easily find the station with the least wait time and head there. Eventually, as batteries improve recharge times and capacity, and shrink, the system will improve. But more importantly, a huge amount of current gasoline capacity would be replaced by home charging. Commuters would rarely stop for a battery. Battery stations would really only be for long trips or day trips - and occasional other cases. Therefore they wouldn't be anything like gas stations are now - they'd probably be fully automated, something like a car wash.
What I don't get is why there isn't a standard battery, and an exchange system in place. This solves the whole problem of charge time in one quick shot, and is bound to drive down the cost as well. Heck it ough to be quicker than pumping gas - pop out one battery, pop in a fresh one, get going.
"all the fresh honey you want comes out" never mind that the bees need to eat or they die. IMHO as a backyard beekeeper this setup could get messy real fast.
Google's biggest competitors likely to exhaust themselves in this protracted battle. Wonder who the winner is? Now, if just Google sticks to that Orwelian "Do No Evil" slogan for ever then we're good.
It's between embarrassing M$ by making a useless alliance thus breaking M$ deal and making them look bad, or letting them waste more money on a hopelessly doomed and misguided venture: Yahoo! Live Web Pack Premium Paid Advantage! Yahoo! shouldn't be competing with Google anyway, they should put everything into building the ultimate casual gaming lounge in 3D.