In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:43:11 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Yes. That's bad news and good news. It means some kind of permanent >home energy storage system is needed if quick charging is a >necessity. Wide use of such a system, combined with smart meters, >could provide grid stability, shave peak demand, and facilitate use >of solar and wind power by absorbing peak availability. The problems >with such networked home energy storage systems might be cost and >system vulnerability to hackers. [snip] While browsing the net looking for info on their battery technology I noticed that they plan to build a network of quick charging stations. Otherwise one is obviously stuck with a slow charge using normal household power. However IMO the latter would be quite acceptable to many people, after all the car usually sits in the garage for many hours every night doing nothing anyway (driver sleeps = car recharges, and everyone has to sleep sometime).
I would however like to see some comparative specs on the Fe ion technology compared to Li ion technology. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
