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Forget about hybrids, Shai Aggasi, CEO of Better Place, is on a mission to increase adoption of all-electric cars.

Posted by Tom Stacey on August 11th, 2010 Filed under Trends • Tagged

2 Responses to “Shai Agassi on the Electric Car”

1. Bruce says:

   August 12, 2010 at 7:06 pm

   “we do not use any electron that come from coal”

   Ignoring the improper grammar, how will batteries be charged?

   I like his ideas, but there is a deception here. Energy is required to charge batteries, and that energy will be supplied by a power plant.

   Currently rechargeable electric cars are charged with a power cord connected to an electric distribution system (power plant) that is fossil-fuel based.

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2. Tom Stacey says:

   August 13, 2010 at 2:48 pm

   Well, in some cases — most cases today — the power plant is fossil-fuel based. But it depends on what part of the country you’re in. More wind farms and solar arrays are coming online all the time. It’s a new paradigm, no doubt, and he probably is glossing that part over. But it’s a big, necessary change, and I’m glad he’s leading the charge (so to speak).

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