Hell, Nissan got $1.4 billion+, Fisker got around $500 million, GM got $14.4 billion and Chrysler got $8.5 billion. You know who has a solid, proven drivetrain and energy management system? Tesla. There should be some sort of test before you're allowed to post here.
Never underestimate the nature of a business-savy nerd with money to buy expensive toys but who prefers to prototype electronics in the garage after reading the latest Make issue when time allows. Just because money affords you excess doesn't mean I should be contributing to the need for peaker plants.
I'd say pay for the 802.11 chipset and allow the device to update wirelessly. I've found it much easier to find WiFi than an ethernet plug almost anywhere in the world except Japan (WTF Japan?)
My Toyota Tundra was built in Texas. My wife's Camry hybrid? Kentucky. My Tesla Roadster? Body in Europe, drivetrain in California. Who owns a car company and where the vehicles are built make a big difference. I'd rather buy cars built in the US by a foreign-owned firm than cars from a company that supposedly is an American company but builds their cars in Canada or Mexico.
You market price electric power. Most utilities now have time of day metering, where how much you pay for power is dependent on the time of day (and therefore, the price is based on demand). I charge my Tesla Roadster between midnight and 5am because my utility charges me $0.01/KwH at that time, while they charge me $0.10-0.14/KwH between 2pm-6pm. I wrote some code that talked to the utility web service to get the current price of power and disabled the vehicle charger (via relay/arduino board) when the price of power rises above X, but I didn't have to. You could just put it on a timer if you wanted to just have the car charge at night. Sometimes, market forces do work (YMMV).
You know what drives me nuts? That diesel-electric generators and huge electric motors have driven trains for years, but no one put them in trucks until recently. It's the same damn thing! Just scaled down a bit.
As long as you buy the vehicle and register it in another state, you can keep it there. A lot of work, I know. I was looking to move to San Francisco and one of my vehicles is a Toyota Tundra pickup (5.7L V8). There was no way it would pass California emissions (passes Illinois emissions no problem though). As long as I left it registered in Illinois, there would be no issue. My 2 cents.
But I can't see California giving perks to buyers of cars that don't pass the already published emissions guidelines under any circumstance, just too against the culture here.
Even if the vehicle is powered by coal, it's cleaner than an ICE vehicle. I'm happy to cite if you don't want to Google around, but check out the emissions from the cracker where crude is turned into several different products (and the surrounding "fallout zone" of said cracking units). Also, don't forget the energy needed to extract the oil, ship the oil to the refinery, refine it, ship the gasoline to the gas station, etc. Back to your point though. California gets quite a bit of power from natural gas, which is far ahead of coal and gasoline from a greenhouse gas perspective. Still cleaner.
This is due to the Prius using a vacuum sealed container to keep a heat transfer medium heated, which is used to keep the catalytic converter up to temp. I don't believe the Volt employees this method. Want cheap? Get a Leaf. Want nice, get a Model S. The Volt? Not very good from either cost or luxury.
So don't use a license that allows a code fork. You can't use the GPL or similar license and then whine like a baby that someone forked your code and you're not going to get $BIG_PAYDAY.
The problem is that you either have to choose to be dependent on the social system of the country you live in or be dependent on yourself. It's not always easy to move to another country when the one your in is experiencing economic chaos (Greece, for example).
I'm a US citizen, born and still living in Illinois. I've visited almost all of the EU and would love to live there except for the taxes. You mention quality of life, a fair point, up until your country has crushing debt (Greece, Spain, and soon the UK and France) and has to cut social programs to balance their budget. I've been saving for over a decade from the proceeds of my own business. My lower tax rate combined with my savings means I have freedom. I can move anywhere in the world and live well (even France). Can you say the same? Or is your quality of life limited to where you live (and based on who is in power at the time)?
I think the problem is going to be that once for-profit schools get the ratchets tightened down on them from accreditation organizations (for-profits purchase non-profit schools to get that accreditation, which is currently valued around $10 million), are stripped of their ability to churn and burn students (counselors paid on how many people they can drag in the door), etc., they're going to have very little competitive advantage against non-profit schools. If you had a great experience, that's great. Unfortunately, it appears that an overwhelming number of students are getting raked over the coals with taxpayers picking up the tab. Fark. That.
I started my IT career by dropping out of high school and working for a webdev shop. Best. decision. ever. IT is not an industry a degree program can be built around. It changes too quickly.
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As for Tesla? Screw 'em. We're paying them (government subsidy??) to develop a car they will sell us back at a ridiculous price.
It's a loan you twat, not a subsidy
http://www.google.com/search?q=doe+loans+electric+vehicles
Hell, Nissan got $1.4 billion+, Fisker got around $500 million, GM got $14.4 billion and Chrysler got $8.5 billion. You know who has a solid, proven drivetrain and energy management system? Tesla. There should be some sort of test before you're allowed to post here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_plant
Hence, why you charge at night.
I'd say pay for the 802.11 chipset and allow the device to update wirelessly. I've found it much easier to find WiFi than an ethernet plug almost anywhere in the world except Japan (WTF Japan?)
My Toyota Tundra was built in Texas. My wife's Camry hybrid? Kentucky. My Tesla Roadster? Body in Europe, drivetrain in California. Who owns a car company and where the vehicles are built make a big difference. I'd rather buy cars built in the US by a foreign-owned firm than cars from a company that supposedly is an American company but builds their cars in Canada or Mexico.
I try to use that vs. fuck whenever in polite company (Slashdot? Polite company? I digress).
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index
You market price electric power. Most utilities now have time of day metering, where how much you pay for power is dependent on the time of day (and therefore, the price is based on demand). I charge my Tesla Roadster between midnight and 5am because my utility charges me $0.01/KwH at that time, while they charge me $0.10-0.14/KwH between 2pm-6pm. I wrote some code that talked to the utility web service to get the current price of power and disabled the vehicle charger (via relay/arduino board) when the price of power rises above X, but I didn't have to. You could just put it on a timer if you wanted to just have the car charge at night. Sometimes, market forces do work (YMMV).
You know what drives me nuts? That diesel-electric generators and huge electric motors have driven trains for years, but no one put them in trucks until recently. It's the same damn thing! Just scaled down a bit.
As long as you buy the vehicle and register it in another state, you can keep it there. A lot of work, I know. I was looking to move to San Francisco and one of my vehicles is a Toyota Tundra pickup (5.7L V8). There was no way it would pass California emissions (passes Illinois emissions no problem though). As long as I left it registered in Illinois, there would be no issue. My 2 cents.
Stop lying. You can get a Hymotion plug-in pack and a dealer to install the modification with no warranty loss.
But I can't see California giving perks to buyers of cars that don't pass the already published emissions guidelines under any circumstance, just too against the culture here.
Fixed for you!
Even if the vehicle is powered by coal, it's cleaner than an ICE vehicle. I'm happy to cite if you don't want to Google around, but check out the emissions from the cracker where crude is turned into several different products (and the surrounding "fallout zone" of said cracking units). Also, don't forget the energy needed to extract the oil, ship the oil to the refinery, refine it, ship the gasoline to the gas station, etc. Back to your point though. California gets quite a bit of power from natural gas, which is far ahead of coal and gasoline from a greenhouse gas perspective. Still cleaner.
Fark. That's supposed to read "employs" not employees. Forgive me, I've been up 30 hours straight.
This is due to the Prius using a vacuum sealed container to keep a heat transfer medium heated, which is used to keep the catalytic converter up to temp. I don't believe the Volt employees this method. Want cheap? Get a Leaf. Want nice, get a Model S. The Volt? Not very good from either cost or luxury.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#California
So don't use a license that allows a code fork. You can't use the GPL or similar license and then whine like a baby that someone forked your code and you're not going to get $BIG_PAYDAY.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval
Not many craft in Japan's fleet can outrun a 200+ knot (230+ mph) torpedo.
The problem is that you either have to choose to be dependent on the social system of the country you live in or be dependent on yourself. It's not always easy to move to another country when the one your in is experiencing economic chaos (Greece, for example).
Keep in mind that the diesel fuel to run that generator costs around $400/gallon when you take all the supply chain costs into account.
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Great_Repeal_Bill
2) Have a spotter a couple of miles ahead of you and a couple of miles behind to let you know of any LEO*
*Not that I've done anything like that before
I'm a US citizen, born and still living in Illinois. I've visited almost all of the EU and would love to live there except for the taxes. You mention quality of life, a fair point, up until your country has crushing debt (Greece, Spain, and soon the UK and France) and has to cut social programs to balance their budget. I've been saving for over a decade from the proceeds of my own business. My lower tax rate combined with my savings means I have freedom. I can move anywhere in the world and live well (even France). Can you say the same? Or is your quality of life limited to where you live (and based on who is in power at the time)?
I think the problem is going to be that once for-profit schools get the ratchets tightened down on them from accreditation organizations (for-profits purchase non-profit schools to get that accreditation, which is currently valued around $10 million), are stripped of their ability to churn and burn students (counselors paid on how many people they can drag in the door), etc., they're going to have very little competitive advantage against non-profit schools. If you had a great experience, that's great. Unfortunately, it appears that an overwhelming number of students are getting raked over the coals with taxpayers picking up the tab. Fark. That.
http://www.google.com/search?q=for-profit+schools+class+action
I started my IT career by dropping out of high school and working for a webdev shop. Best. decision. ever. IT is not an industry a degree program can be built around. It changes too quickly.