http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/15/autos/tesla-model-s/
There are only a half-dozen of these charging stations in the country, and the closest one for me is almost two hours away... but damn ... these vehicles are lust-worthy. Even if LENR becomes commercial, or should I say "By the time LENR becomes commercial" this strategy of Tesla for rapid recharging stations in many markets - is probably going to be established as the way of the future - (despite the growing pains) First, we need to get GM, Toyota and Ford to jump into the act - to put up these charging stations everywhere, not to mention Exxon, Chevron 7-11 etc. at least as combined with their other offerings. Never mind the supply will exceed the demand for several years. When we have an affordable car that can run on batteries with only a moderate range, but give the customer the assurance of easy and rapid recharging - that will be a tipping point. Later, we can put the eventual LENR device into the Supercharging station itself, or into the home (garage). Makes far less sense to put such a device into the car itself, at least at first. The "bettery" - which is the long-awaited better-battery (3:1 reduction in cost/performance over lithium) will probably materialize before LENR becomes commercial ... despite the huge disappointment of EEStor and a few others. There is a ton of high value work going-on batteries which is under the radar, so to speak. There are even a few EEStor knock-offs using barium titanate. With the proper inducements and stimuli for promoting this - DoE could have the "Supercharging networks" available much sooner than in a free market. Perhaps even solar-powered. Of course, unless Big Oil gets a piece of the pie - they will fight that kind of forward thinking as being more liberal socialism ... so why not let them get in on the action? A thought that comes to mind (of an apt inducement for Big Oil) is to limit the oil depletion tax giveaway to the number of recharging facilities which are operational. Jones
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