We can feel itin the air, at the pump, in our neighborhood.
Its running out. And if you ask us, the last drop cant arrive a moment too soon. The massive spills, the air and water contamination, the geo-political turmoil. Weve had enough of oil.
Liberals = terminal cancer
Don’t cry when this company dies. They’ll be in a better place. Oh, wait........
Ha.....and the Green River formation weighs in at 3 Trillion Barrels of oil.
What a lousy name for a company. No wonder it went bankrupt.
Fortunately, thanks to nanotechnology, such batteries could become reality. The development of dry-electrode lithium-ion, carbon-nanotube ultracapacitor, and possibly layered graphene sheet batteries could triple the range of electric cars by 2017, and that will finally make electric cars viable as replacements for internal combustion engine (ICE) cars for commuting.
“Until relatively recently, though, Better Place was still expressing confidence in its future. Company spokesperson Susanne Tolstrup, for one, said that the company had a bright future in China. ”
EVERY COMPANY has a bright future in China, given the massive number of people and the huge (and increasing) wealth there.
...of course that’s only until they try to do business there.
Keep in mind that all the effort and cost (particularly capital cost) involved with having a system to switch out batteries and having batteries readily available wherever you drive, is all being done to replace 1, maybe 2 gallons of gas (at most) per battery swap. It’s hard to see how their model was ever going to work.