What does an electric car infrastructure look like?
The batteries of a zero-emission vehicle need three things in place in for optimum functionality: charging spots, battery switching stations, and software that automates the experience.
The charging spots will keep the batteries topped off with power so that they always have 100 miles of driving capacity. They are located where you work, live, shop and dine in parking lots so that an electric car will have the ability to recharge when the software instructs it to top off.
For trips longer than 100 miles (161 km), battery switching stations will be available roadside. Stations are completely automated, and the driver’s subscription takes care of everything. The driver pulls in, and the depleted battery is quickly replaced with a fresh one, without anyone having to leave the vehicle. The process takes less time than it does to fill a tank of liquid fuel.
Because most electric vehicles will be charging during the evenings while at home, the batteries become distributed storage for clean electricity. In Israel, for example, excess power from the growing solar industry will be stored in the cars’ batteries.
Similarly, in Denmark, un-stored energy from the country’s wind turbines will be utilized. Australia possesses wind farms throughout the country, as does California. Hawaii ranked 4th in the nation in renewable energy use in 2007 and plans to continue their efforts. Better Place can help each market identify and develop its own “virtual oil fields” of renewable energy.
Due to the open, standards-based approach that Better Place has adopted in the development of its batteries, there will be many manufacturers contributing to the pool of available batteries. This will maintain a steady supply and stable prices as more and more nations join us in our efforts to remake transportation as a sustainable service.
The batteries of a zero-emission vehicle need three things in place in for optimum functionality: charging spots, battery switching stations, and software that automates the experience.
The charging spots will keep the batteries topped off with power so that they always have 100 miles of driving capacity. They are located where you work, live, shop and dine in parking lots so that an electric car will have the ability to recharge when the software instructs it to top off.
For trips longer than 100 miles (161 km), battery switching stations will be available roadside. Stations are completely automated, and the driver’s subscription takes care of everything. The driver pulls in, and the depleted battery is quickly replaced with a fresh one, without anyone having to leave the vehicle. The process takes less time than it does to fill a tank of liquid fuel.
Because most electric vehicles will be charging during the evenings while at home, the batteries become distributed storage for clean electricity. In Israel, for example, excess power from the growing solar industry will be stored in the cars’ batteries.
Similarly, in Denmark, un-stored energy from the country’s wind turbines will be utilized. Australia possesses wind farms throughout the country, as does California. Hawaii ranked 4th in the nation in renewable energy use in 2007 and plans to continue their efforts. Better Place can help each market identify and develop its own “virtual oil fields” of renewable energy.
Due to the open, standards-based approach that Better Place has adopted in the development of its batteries, there will be many manufacturers contributing to the pool of available batteries. This will maintain a steady supply and stable prices as more and more nations join us in our efforts to remake transportation as a sustainable service.
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