Electric vehicle charging stations, the new gas pump?
September 30, 2009 | Length: 00:02:16
President Obama predicts there will be 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. But what will the infrastructure look like to run these vehicles? Coulomb Technologies CEO Richard Lowenthal is building new network charging stations for electric vehicles and demonstrates how users will be able to one day plug-in their EVs, swipe a debit card, and pay for electricity on-demand.
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Stolen power cords or "siphoned" power to a neighboring car.
Until they come up with an ultra fast power up, say by switching out
the batteries and crediting for power still on the batteries, I don't
see an electric car in my future. I live in an apartment building and
there is no way for me to get it charged.
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So NO your electric car is not Green at all, it just uses a different exhaust pipe now - the power station chimney.
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However, unlike bsit, I think that electric cars can be PART of the solution. Just like cars today, there will need an infrastructure to support them. Just because electricity is currently generated in a fairly dirty manner, it does not mean that will always be the case. Complex systems are built a piece at a time. Electric cars are 1 part of the puzzle.
Right now, there are a number of IV Generation Nuclear reactors being designed. Estimates are that there may be operating plants in early 2020s. There are other ways to generate electricity that can help.
Before E-cars become viable Electricity storage methods need to improve. Lithium Ion batteries, in thier current form, are not the answer. I keep hoping EEStor isnt a hoax but that is my non-thinking rose future side that keeps that hope alive. The rest of my brain screams hoax.
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I also wonder how many cables I would end up ripping out of the side of my car before I started to remember to un-plug. There would beed to be a break away cord and an alarm light to tell me I just drove off without my charging cord
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Nevertheless, I also agree that electric vehicles are part of the solution, specially if you consider it in terms of a process of change, where many actors are involved.
What I mean is that there is not one solution but one trend that has to be be strenghtened... and that is to be concious about choosing cleaner solutions...
That can push the government as a while towards cleaner generation solutions.
If you consider that on 2008 80% of the energy generation facilities built where based on wind energy, then we can begin to see that on the other side of the problem there is also a trend... and if both parties (supply and demand) tend to the same goal, then that change can be possible in a progressive way.
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Like wake me up when the car is near my off ramp (close to work or home)!
And how about using nuclear power to also move electric cars via these barriers? Gets you there then your car is all charged up for the last 40 or 50 miles (or however long the batteries will take you).
Make it a toll road with automatic smart passes. Only a few cents per mile and cheaper and less polluting then gas.
And of course, add WiMax so I can surf the internet along the way!
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Because he is obviously an expert on the subject. /hyperbole
"It produces no greenhouse emission"
...disregarding the fact that only 8 or 9% of the world's total energy production is from sources that don't involve burning things. Carbon footprint anyone?
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Richard Lowenthal: I'm Richard Lowenthal. I'm the CEO of Coulomb Technologies. We make network charging stations for electric vehicles.
Music I've been fascinated by electricity since being a little boy, and I used to fix people's lamps and sockets and plugs, and have my own company doing that. Electric vehicles are great for us because they don't use any foreign oil. We don't have to import the fuel, we make it here in the United States; in addition, they're very clean. So they don't add to the problems of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. We want to help that happen.
Car door Today we're going to see the charging of electric vehicles. You'll see what the user interface is like, how easy it is actually to fuel and electric vehicle. You'll also see some of the underlying technology at work; things like the billing system that provides a way to pay for the electricity, and our integration with the utilities which ensures that there won't be a problem on the electric grid. A challenge that we face is the... is what's called the chicken and egg problem. People who are not concerned about needing electric vehicle charging now, because we don't see many electric vehicles yet. In a place like San Francisco where 51 percent of the people park curbside at night, they need to have stations there or they'll never buy a vehicle. So we have to be able to convince people to put out this infrastructure to welcome the electric vehicle, and reassure the public that if they buy one of these cars they'll be able to fuel it. President Obama has said that in 2015 we'll have a million of these cars on the road that plug in, and we agree with that assessment and we are preparing ourselves for that. We see progressive businesses, progressive cities, and progressive utilities also helping us reassure the public that the infrastructure will be here, and people can buy these cars with confidence.
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