Tesla Motors: I have been following the events regarding Tesla motors and their introduction of the electric "high performance" vehicle. The idea being, if they reintroduce the concept of an electric car as a performing roadster - 0-60 in 4 seconds - it would get attention and make their following "sedans" more worthy of attention.
But I often wondered how the introduction of a new energy driven vehicle, could redefine the urban environment. The extensive network of Gas stations have to be reconsidered, refueling now means electricity... with the expansion of locally available solar, wind, etc energy production, new questions arise.
Can the electric call also begin to redefine other patterns beside energy? Local source energy allows for a great community effort in transport? Carpooling turned car-shares? Neighborhood generation stations become neighborhood owned fleets? What sort of scales can be imagined when it is realized that size does matter. Urban fleets, vs inter-state vehicles. And what of expanding the technology to a great "digital" infrastructure of the roadways...auto-pilot-highways, GPS centered movement, social networking passenger pools?
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