Tuesday, August 19, 2008

New Way of Getting Oil Independent

The summer is over, I am a married man now, and it is time to get back to work. Here is an interesting article from Wired on Shai Agassi. He has a very interesting vision on how a country can get its oil independency:

http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-09/ff_agassi

The key idea is that similar to cellphone providers, a Electric Recharge Grid Operator (ERGO) the batteries and provides charging stations pretty much everywhere. He also provides car at a substantial discount. The ERGO makes money by selling the power. Read the article if you are interested in more details.

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