New article on EEStor ... still not out yet, but the hype continues. http://earth2tech.com/2008/07/30/eestor-the-story-so-far/
It does bring up one point, however. Being ever the optimist, what if the Negre air-motor and the EEStor get to market at the same time (SOON hopefully)- is there any potential for synergy there between the two "disrupters" ? At first it seems 'not likely' as they are so different in the way they operate - but look a little deeper. Any drive-train will probably benefit from going "all electric", particularly if the "motor-in-wheel" technology is available. The Prius has proved that there is a huge advantage to turning the thing off at stop lights etc. But the EEStor battery is not going to be as cheap as they first indicated. Plus, even the best battery system cannot compete with the air car for low cost per mile driven (if we can believe the published results) ... and surely the air motor could turn a generator to keep a charge-up in a reduced array of EEStor batteries. Well - it may or may not be a fertile place to look for lots of synergy, but if there is any at all, then the combination of the two would be not only disruptive to the OPEC-big-oil criminal cartel, but disruptive and cost-effective at the same time. Jones
