And a smart capitalist always consults a smarter engineer...
Let me know how successful you are putting that Dell battery pack into
your Mac book? Oh or even into a Dell from 2 years ago?
Enjoy.
Mike
Michael James wrote:
> Batteries is Batteries - Duracell, Energizer, Optima, Interstate, etc.
> will all want to get-into that BIG market and sell you batteries for
> your car - every future WalMart, Autozone, Pep Boys, Tire Rack,
> Batteris Plus, and Target will have them in-stock, 24/7. How many
> different sizes for Camera and Watch batteries are there? About a
> dozen or two? Did variety kill the market? Nope. Silly argument.
> Real Capitalists are excited by the prospects.
>
> M
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 5/20/10, Mike Fleischer /<
themightytoe [at] gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Mike Fleischer <
themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Have your cake and eat it too!
> To: "Michael" <
Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <
ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 5:38
PM
>
> Yeah but one of life's lessons...
>
> I had a trip out to Silicon Valley last March. In the middle of a
> week of presenting for a customer, my mac book's battery died.
> Stopped holding a charge, and pretty much was next to useless
> unless plugged into the AC adapter/wall... Now fortunately, there
> were some Apple stores in the Valley and they for some odd reason
> were well stocked, so $115 later and I am good to go...
>
> Now if I am driving out to Road America and my Tesla's batteries
> stop holding a charge while I am sleeping at the Osthoff? I
> imagine I am entirely F'ed. This is why Electric cars
won't take
> off, not only are they expensive and less efficient than gasoline
> vehicles, but the lack of standardization out of the gate will
> turn it into another unholy Beta vs. VHS fight. Wait for all the
> Prius owners to start footing the bill to replace the hybrid
> battery packs... Not to mention if it becomes mainstream, dealing
> with the heavy metals in spent batteries... China would probably
> be happy to make children's toys out of it but shipping it over
> there might cost more than its worth.
>
> Honestly I really like the Hydrogen fuel cell technology the best
> out of all the "alternative"
sources.
>
> Sorry for the rant, wanted to go flying today and didn't get a
> chance... And hey man, stop with all the bicycles already.
>
> LtWacko wrote:
>> I get tired of hearing "I'll take the old vs. new" or "new vs.
>> old". Mike, we're on the Ferrari list. Take 'em both! LOL. Oh
>> wait, my house is proof of that and I have room for nothing!
>>
>> Rodney
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 05/20/10 05:18:39 Central Daylight Time,
>>
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:
>>
>> Certainly having all your torque at 0 RPM is amazing, and
>> having played
>> with RC cars for many years, its about time someone made a
>> full size
>> version :) All it will take is an incremental improvement in
>> battery
>> technology to push these into the mainstream, but I would not
>> trade it
>> for the WOT scream of a V-8, 10 or 12 on
any given sunny
>> afternoon :).
>>
>> BR,
>> Mike
>>
>>
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