Cars That Think
MAY 17, 2023
Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. And so now, we’re seeing very cheap pieces of very effective silicon that you put right with a camera. And it’s really cheap.
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 2, 2007
What's most interesting, however, is how easy (and cheap) it is to do a carbon emission-free 200 mile day in a 100 mile range electric vehicle, my 5 year old Toyota RAV4 EV. It's about 90 miles from my house in San Francisco to the Capitol in Sacramento.) And I was there representing Plug In America. They sued back then, too.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2009
PG&E services the San Francisco area and Northern California. The average peak electric demand for a house in San Francisco is 1.8 In other words, adding an electric vehicle at 220 is like adding another home to the network or to the system, and that would be a home in the San Ramon area. —Peter Darbee.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. In EV’s they do need replacing in about 5 yrs if done right.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. Electric cars will be one answer.
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