Subject: Several proposed show topics Proposed Show Topics posted by DagJohansen on Thursday, January 8th 2009 @ 1:37 PM
1. NEVs - I think you did this one once already but you could revisit it. Go through pros/cons, the NEVs currently available, the laws, etc.
2. Battery Technologies: Go through the various battery technologies, give pros/cons of each, give potential development for each, etc.
3. BEV (Tesla) v. Hybrid (Prius) v. Plug-in parallel hybrid (converted Prius) v. Plug-in series hybrid (Volt)
4. EV optimization: Hyper-efficiency (Aptera) v. Maximize battery use (Volt)
5. Carbon tax (Gas tax) . . . . needed to support EV industry? At least in short term?
6. Best EV ideas . . . go through the best EV ideas lately:
a) Hyper-efficiency (Aptera)
b) Start high-price and work toward lower price business model (Tesla)
c) Improved charging infrastructure (project better place, Coloumb Technologies)
d) Series-hybrid instead of parallel hybrid (Volt)
etc.
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