You wouldn't want this sort of tech in anything much smaller than a bus. Unless they can make the "revolving stator" and attendant magnets a lot lighter then the sprung/unsprung mass ratio is going to take one hell of a hit. It might be cheap and fuel efficient, but if it has the ride and handling qualities of a 1950s tractor, it's not going to be a sales phenomenon.
"I think this statement is right on, but needs to be thought out some more. Hopefully, the "average" computer user will change. Right now, the Average Computer User (ACU) was probably born when personal computers didn't even exist. Look ahead 50 years, and that won't be the case."
Ah, you mean like the way that people who grew up with cars are, for the most part, perfectly capable of performing maintenance and repairs on their vehicles rather than just driving them with little or no idea about how they work?
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You wouldn't want this sort of tech in anything much smaller than a bus. Unless they can make the "revolving stator" and attendant magnets a lot lighter then the sprung/unsprung mass ratio is going to take one hell of a hit. It might be cheap and fuel efficient, but if it has the ride and handling qualities of a 1950s tractor, it's not going to be a sales phenomenon.
"I think this statement is right on, but needs to be thought out some more. Hopefully, the "average" computer user will change. Right now, the Average Computer User (ACU) was probably born when personal computers didn't even exist. Look ahead 50 years, and that won't be the case." Ah, you mean like the way that people who grew up with cars are, for the most part, perfectly capable of performing maintenance and repairs on their vehicles rather than just driving them with little or no idea about how they work?
Why not go all the way and call it Mjollnir? (and while they're at it,nickname the two head techs "Brok" and "Eitri")
Even when 900,000 you reach, look as God you will not. ("Sir, I'm going to need that pen back" "Mine! Or I will help you not.")