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Originally Posted by HeHasReturned
Well, that's a difference of opinion between us. You seem to think that because Tesla builds electric sports cars, then they can only motivate people to build electric sports cars. I, on the other hand think that they can motivate people to build electric cars in general, not just electric sports cars.
Here's an example: If you've read Mountains beyond Mountains, you might know about the story of Paul Farmer spending most of his time in Haiti helping the poor at absolutely no cost and no profit to himself. He might motivate people to go out and commit to various humanitarian activities, like volunteer for Habit for Humanity a few times a year. Just because they didn't go as far as to dedicate their entire lives to opening up a clinic in a third world country doesn't mean they weren't motivated by Paul Farmer. In other words, if something motivates you, it doesn't mean you have to reach as far as your motivating source to be truly motivated by it.
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Does the 911 motivate Chevrolet to build the Cobalt?
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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
Not really. Most of the electric gris in cities is quite old and taxed to the limit. What do you think is going to happen when 10,000 people plug their ecomobiles into the grid at bedtime in a small city?
It's going to take years and trillions of dollars to fix the grid.
Until then, Volt has the right idea: Charge the battery with dead dinosaurs.
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There won't be 10,000 Volts in a small city for quite some time, production is said to be 10k units for the first year, in select markets. Followed by 20k after that. But anyway, I believe the Volt will have a smart charging system so that it doesn't start charging immediately after plugging it in unless you want it to. Demand over night half what it is during the late afternoon/early evening so the added load is at the best possible time.