Posted on 01/20/2014 8:15:52 PM PST by RansomOttawa
Yes, a real big one for parking lots, to charge several at once.
A smaller one for roadside calls.
Electric Car dead? Call Ed Green’s Organic Charging Service...using totally organic technology to refresh your electric car.
Yes, he could use a portable windmill.
No, an organic fuel, made from composted bio-matter, refined and stored in a liquid state.
AKA...petroleum.
(See: Organic Chemistry)
From the article SAP is attempting to solve the problem to avoid a workplace shooting. They’ve chosen to test a scheduling system.
Ha ha....so some full time Human Resource orc will carve out a new power niche. Another non-productive layer of bureaucracy. Imagine the twitter, texting, email flood arguing over who gets the coveted early bird spot.
But wait....don’t all these SV shops have employee gyms? Hook up all those treadmills, stationary bikes to a generating system. You want to be on the juice and be green, start pedaling.
But there’s another way that’s absolutely PC.
Valet parking for EVs. Minority hiring opportunity open to all kinds of government perks and subsidies. Win win for all!
“Call a Amber Lamps....”
I just can't see the wisdom of buying a car that isn't intrinsically capable of getting you where you want to go and back again. Leaving your car in the lot at work is one thing, where you at least have a whole day in which to top up your batteries (and get in fistfights with the other EV owners over plug rights). But God forbid I shoul want to pick up my girlfriend (who lives across town from me) and then take her somewhere.
I would guess there's a time advantage to the meters, but are they actually necessary? My roommate borrowed an EV for a couple days last year, and it came with an adapter for a regular wall outlet. There was a news story here in Ottawa a year ago about a guy whose condo corporation told him that he could no longer charge his car on the dime of other residents—he was plugging into a regular outlet that was intended for block heaters in the winter. He would have to pay for a proper charging meter.
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Probably depends on which car and manufacturer it is. I wouldn’t be surprised if some mfrs only offer the big charger; I know one of them made a big deal maybe a year ago about being able to charge your car on a regular socket. But that would take overnight. You’re not going to charge your car for 300-400 miles in 30 minutes from a 120V wall socket.
LOL with a big decal on the side, “Joe’s Clean Energy Supply”
Man purses were being used.
They probably would if every employee's car only had one or two gallon capacity gas tanks...:^)
Bunch-O-Poseurs.
Kant wait for the Summer Sizzle.
Which, here in KahLeeFawNeeYuh, is going to come much sooner and unless these guys are on the same grid as a hospital or fire department sub station, they are going suffer from the brown outs that we endured 8 years ago.
Which reminds me: “Gotta make sure the guns are clean, in perfect working order and loaded...first round in the chamber and a full mag behind it”
I expect the criminal class will quickly take advantage of the brown outs and start raiding our homes while we are at work, during these brown outs.
I gave the example of a plug-in hybrid that is capable of just using the batteries for a short distance. In addition, the plug-in hybrids can also rely on gasoline after the battery power is depleted. Yes, the range is definitely limited in EVs, which is indeed the intrinsic problem. Engineers have been working a very, very long time to increase range. If a vehicle has a 80-100 mile range, it may be a practical vehicle if you do not commute a long distance to work. In SoCal, however, that is not the case. The commutes are long and in stop and go traffic.
For those in the city, maybe an EV has merit. If people want to take the family on a vacation, what do they often do? They take a plane and rent a car. If someone wants to drive, they can rent a car a couple times a year. Maybe that scenario could work for many people.
All the above notwithstanding, EVs are not the future. We will move through hybrids, increasingly high efficiency gasoline engines, and ultimately to the hydrogen economy to power our vehicle and homes.
Chuckles. You know who buys cars that can’t get them home? Liberals who are so green noble. Well wish em luck. More gas for me!
Just get a car top hauler and stick a Yamaha generator in it.
That should work quite well. We could put them in every parking lot and, if the country decides to go electric, we will put them everywhere. And we will have to to use the vehicles because battery tech will not be up to the task for quite some time.
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