I grew up in a Central European country before the Berlin wall came down, and I have seen how a total-surveillance security state operates. Seeing things like this and the NSA spying system is really, really scary. My family came to the US precisely to avoid this sort of bullshit.

Love the exposure to miltary machinery. The commentary? Not so much. Nuclear weapons are no more nutty than the first spear, or long bow, or bouncing betty. They're the next step in how to kill people. Humans were no more nuts in the Cold War (a battle of political ideology and imperialism, not economics) than…

C'mon get a sense of humor jackass!

That is gorgeous design.

THAT'S MY SISTER!!!!

This is five minutes from where I work. It's also five minutes from the Lycée Francais Charles de Gaulle, a French school where the students have an end-of-term ritual of buying a shitload of eggs and unloading them on everyone and everything in sight.

You stay classist, London.

You make some good points. I can agree that this is not a good business as a private venture for all of the reasons you've listed. We already know that from the Better Place failure.

You caught me. I realized about the 1,920 max when I started talking about only swapping in the initial 50 batteries, but I didn't mention it because even if they swapped in all 50 in one day they're into a $600k+ yearly income (after battery expense - $1.1ish million revenue) which still makes a viable business.

I can completely agree with your point on how the 'return to you' swap is done, it needs more details. I would assume that they transport it to the nearest swapping station and you go there to swap it back in. I believe they only plan to use this option if, for example, you swapped your original battery in another…

All you need is a little research before making your ridiculous claims and then they won't look so ridiculous.

HEY GRANDPA

That's exactly the kind of response I was looking for. Very well thought out. Thanks. I suppose it's not all black and white after all.

MINI

That's me being defensive. See!

Ferrari 308

Good for him. Frankly, if all dealer sales people were factory-trained and controlled, I can only imagine how much nicer the car buying experience might be.