Comments on: Andy Grove wants more electric cars http://billso.com/2008/07/01/andy-grove-electric-cars/ Bill Sodeman writes about management, mobile computing and information systems Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:27:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=190 hourly 1 By: <img src='http://billso.com/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/openid.png'/> billso http://billso.com/2008/07/01/andy-grove-electric-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 billso Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:13:24 +0000 http://billso.com/?p=1749#comment-1318 The Tesla Roadster is a sweet looking vehicle! The HTSA would probably nix the death rays, though. Australia is going to ban incandescent bulbs by 2010, according to the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6378161.stm" rel="nofollow">BBC</a>. The Tesla Roadster is a sweet looking vehicle! The HTSA would probably nix the death rays, though.

Australia is going to ban incandescent bulbs by 2010, according to the BBC.

]]> By: Daniel Peters http://billso.com/2008/07/01/andy-grove-electric-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Daniel Peters Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:31:04 +0000 http://billso.com/?p=1749#comment-1317 The embracing of electric cars is only a matter of time, or so I hope. Some people are already trying to work out some good concepts: http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/30/tesla-motors-elon-musk-promises-sub-30k-all-electric-car-in-le/ Car's gonna be cool with a name like Tesla. I can only assume that it won't be allowed to shoot out death rays, but still... good word association/recognition there for the brand name. Fully electric vehicles seem to be to be the best bet in going green because it offers the large energy corporations a chance to switch over to better methods of creating electricity. Asking every citizen to switch to CFC bulbs is a good idea, but it's not enforceable. The largest possible changes in ecologically sound life practices are those that can be done by corporations. If the government were to ban polluting methods of creating energy the playing field would be level across the board, making it feasible for all energy utilities to embrace cleaner ways of creating electricity. Or... that's how the dream plays out anyway. The embracing of electric cars is only a matter of time, or so I hope. Some people are already trying to work out some good concepts:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/30/tesla-motors-elon-musk-promises-sub-30k-all-electric-car-in-le/

Car’s gonna be cool with a name like Tesla. I can only assume that it won’t be allowed to shoot out death rays, but still… good word association/recognition there for the brand name.

Fully electric vehicles seem to be to be the best bet in going green because it offers the large energy corporations a chance to switch over to better methods of creating electricity. Asking every citizen to switch to CFC bulbs is a good idea, but it’s not enforceable. The largest possible changes in ecologically sound life practices are those that can be done by corporations. If the government were to ban polluting methods of creating energy the playing field would be level across the board, making it feasible for all energy utilities to embrace cleaner ways of creating electricity.

Or… that’s how the dream plays out anyway.

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