Now all I want is a cheeze burger. (not a cheese burger)

I think that the better place, battery-swapping idea is excellent... but I think that it would be too expensive and people will, eventually, want to stop paying for it.

Wow, Hank, you get some long comments.

In the first 2 years they will put a charging spot into every 5th parking spot, and that includes public parking spots where you park your car. Better place have it all worked out. look for the other better place videos on youtube, they expalin it all.

I think the better place concept is the way to go. It would actualy make electric cars a reality for a lot of people in a short periode of time. The power all comes from renewable 0 carbon sources and the batteries are 95% recycable. The whole point of this is that it is sustainable, otherwise lithium would just turn into the new oil. I will go to denmark later in the year to have a look at the swaping station they are building there. love it!!!

I'm intrigued by the idea of battery-swapping stations. In a lot of ways, an electric car would ideal for me because I live in a city, and rarely drive more than 20 miles at a time. So theoretically, I wouldn't have to worry much about running out of power. Except for one thing: I park in a communal parking lot, not a garage or personal driveway. I'd have no place to actually charge an electric car. So I'm trying to decide if battery swapping would be a practical solution to this problem.

new car. an old car isnt just about fuel efficiency. its about reliability. My first car was a POS. i got it when it had 106k miles on it and it was constantly breaking, burning alot of oil, i had to fill up about every 4th day. I hated it. Plus it took me $400 just to pass the fucking inspection. So its not just about the energy wasted on mining and shipping the materials to make the car....a new car will last longer than the old one will. plus, its safer.

I used to eat about three cheeseburgers a day. Now I only eat one. I'm an ecogeek.

I think that the battery swapping place is a good idea: first, you would have to build the place, and then second you would need people to work there. So that in itself creates hundereds of thousands of jobs all over the world. Also, it would reduce the use of gas, which we all know is a good thing to do.

wow! thanks for that info =)

johns need his on channel

I have a question. Is it better to buy a new car because it is more fuel efficient or to buy an old car that isn't efficient because it took no new material to make the old car?

having worked in insurance claims, it seems really iffy to do the battery switching..there would have to be a lot of accountability checks..like tracking the batteries etc....but interesting idea

but wouldn't swapping batteries be a little dangerous... its all very well if you look after your car and battery, but what if timmy-bad-driver swapped his battery before you and have given his car a bath in a lake! Or just used technical taps to start his car?Why not put turbines in the front and also use the turning axles to create the energy to recharge, that way it would be renewable and then have battery swaps as well just in case...That would be much more efficient.

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How do you talk so fast... I'm impressed.

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Search "Happy Rob Buy" by google ,and you will find amazing.

Using blackle instead of google is another way to be more energy efficient. (:(Blackle is the same thing as google [as in, it's powered by google search] only the screen is black instead of white so it saves Watt hours.)