http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:38:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35765   Creative Destruction in the Automotive Industry, Part II by associationsx Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:21:55 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35765 [...] check the full story here [...] [...] check the full story here [...]

]]> http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35740 stickybag » Creative Destruction in the Automotive Industry, Part II Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:33:13 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35740 [...] read more here [...] [...] read more here [...]

]]> http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35515 Mark Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:28:49 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35515 Kent - Let's see. Put an internal combustion engine and all the cost and maintenance that requires in a car ALONG WITH an electric motor, or just put the less expensive, lighter, easier to maintain electric motor, with an infrastructure outside the car which provides charging services, and yes, swap stations for the occasional longer-range trip. It is you who doesn't understand the economics here. But you will learn... Kent - Let’s see. Put an internal combustion engine and all the cost and maintenance that requires in a car ALONG WITH an electric motor, or just put the less expensive, lighter, easier to maintain electric motor, with an infrastructure outside the car which provides charging services, and yes, swap stations for the occasional longer-range trip. It is you who doesn’t understand the economics here. But you will learn…

]]> http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35402 kent beuchert Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:48:43 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35402 I'm amazed that anyone would take the Agassi scheme seriously. It solves nothing, and is a simple con - all-electrics are not economically viable, and leasing a bttery pack rather than carrying essentially the same (or lower) costs on the auto loan rather than a lease agreement makes even less economic sense. Battery swapping has been rejected as impractical by more than one battery expert, but not matter - with the advent of plug-ins that can accomplish 95% of what all-electrics can, and with unlimited driving ranges, the idea that we need to stop and swap out a 500 pound battery every couple of hours is laughable. Agassi doesn't even realize the economics of what he's dealing with, nor the obvious reality that his scheme is attempting to solve a problem made totally moot by plug-in technology. And when batteries are cheap enough to make all-electrics possibe, they will also be fast recharging, making battery swapping meaningless once gain. Agassi is one very rich, very stupid, would-be hero. I’m amazed that anyone would take the Agassi scheme seriously. It solves nothing, and is a simple con - all-electrics are not economically viable, and leasing a bttery pack rather than carrying essentially the same (or lower) costs on the auto loan rather than a lease agreement makes even less economic sense. Battery swapping has been rejected as impractical by more than one battery expert, but not matter -
with the advent of plug-ins that can accomplish 95% of what all-electrics can, and with unlimited driving ranges, the idea that we need to stop and swap out a 500 pound
battery every couple of hours is laughable. Agassi doesn’t even realize the economics of what he’s dealing with, nor the obvious reality that his scheme is attempting to solve a problem made totally moot by plug-in technology. And when batteries are cheap enough to make all-electrics possibe, they will also be fast recharging, making battery swapping meaningless once gain. Agassi is one very rich, very stupid, would-be hero.

]]> http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35326 Creative Destruction in the Automotive Industry, Part II | rssmuses Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:49:19 +0000 http://punctuative.com/2007/11/09/creative-destruction-in-the-automotive-industry-part-ii/#comment-35326 [...] full story here [...] [...] full story here [...]

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