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Interviewee: But battery technology is developing very rapidly, and what is more important is the fast charger technology is developing very quickly as well. I mean, I 've long argued, it 's not really about range, it 's about the speed of refueling. If you have a petrol or diesel car that only does 100 miles, but it only takes a minute to fill up, you 're not really going to be that bothered about it. But the problem is, traditional electric vehicles took five or six hours to charge up, and then it becomes a problem. If they only take 20 or 30 minutes to charge up, I mean, that’s like stopping for a coffee or something, and people can live with that. That’s really what we’re moving towards. In fact, Tesla is now saying that with its latest generation of superchargers, they can have an 80% charge put in in about 10 to 15 minutes. That’s a quick coffee, really.
Interviewer: Yeah.
Interviewee: In my world.
Interviewer: I agree with you. It depends on how long the queue is at the coffee shop, so you could be providing that as an elective.
Interviewee: Well, they have suggested putting coffee shops alongside chargers. Yes, that’s right. Combining those as a new business model: coffee shop, perhaps a …show more content…
First of all, zero emissions at point of use, so that’s both toxic emissions in cities and also CO2 emissions. The second is that they are, what do they call it, energy agnostic, I think was the term used. Whatever energy source you have available, you can turn it into electricity. It doesn’t make us as dependent on oil, and therefore oil producing countries, as we are at the moment. Because when you think about it, our need for oil for our cars and trucks at the moment informs our international diplomacy, informs our global policy. The reason why we have wars in the Middle East is because we need oil for our cars and trucks. That’s the only reason. Otherwise, we would take no interest in the Middle East at
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Interviewee: But battery technology is developing very rapidly, and what is more important is the fast charger technology is developing very quickly as well. I mean, I 've long argued, it 's not really about range, it 's about the speed of refueling. If you have a petrol or diesel car that only does 100 miles, but it only takes a minute to fill up, you 're not really going to be that bothered about it. But the problem is, traditional electric vehicles took five or six hours to charge up, and then it becomes a problem. If they only take 20 or 30 minutes to charge up, I mean, that’s like stopping for a coffee or something, and people can live with that. That’s really what we’re moving towards. In fact, Tesla is now saying that with its latest generation of superchargers, they can have an 80% charge put in in about 10 to 15 minutes. That’s a quick coffee, really.
Interviewer: Yeah.
Interviewee: In my world.
Interviewer: I agree with you. It depends on how long the queue is at the coffee shop, so you could be providing that as an elective.
Interviewee: Well, they have suggested putting coffee shops alongside chargers. Yes, that’s right. Combining those as a new business model: coffee shop, perhaps a …show more content…
First of all, zero emissions at point of use, so that’s both toxic emissions in cities and also CO2 emissions. The second is that they are, what do they call it, energy agnostic, I think was the term used. Whatever energy source you have available, you can turn it into electricity. It doesn’t make us as dependent on oil, and therefore oil producing countries, as we are at the moment. Because when you think about it, our need for oil for our cars and trucks at the moment informs our international diplomacy, informs our global policy. The reason why we have wars in the Middle East is because we need oil for our cars and trucks. That’s the only reason. Otherwise, we would take no interest in the Middle East at