electrifying test ride

[Cormanus]

My prediction is that because the technology of batteries is improving all the time there will be more and more pressure for electric vehicles. That means there will be more pressure to solve the range problem given that it seems likely charging will continue to take quite a while.

The solution is relatively simple if government is prepared to get behind it: mandating a limited number of batteries for use in vehicles and requiring that it be really easy to swap them out. Battery stations will then begin to replace petrol stations or petrol stations will stock batteries that they can charge and then swap for customers. You pull into the station and replace a flattened battery with a charged one and head on.

[flynrider]

I've said on this forum before that, when the so-called intelligent car (or driverless vehicle) becomes seriously operational, it will be be the end of human drivers. These computers'll be so good compared to their human counterparts that we'll be a liability and will no longer be allowed on the road. Particularly in cities. In that scenario, it is hard to see that motorcycles will be allowed either. We'll just have to hope that us tragics who want to drive ourselves will have space set aside for us to do so.

Make the most of it fellas.

I believe that will be the case. The biggest problem for driverless car technology is not detecting other cars or road hazards. It is trying to anticipate the actions of the most unpredictable thing on earth. A human.

Once you take humans out of the equation, it's relatively easy to network all of the cars together to safely run down a highway at 75 MPH with 10 ft. spacing. Imagine how that would impact the clogged freeways around large cities. That will be the driving force (pun intended) to abolish human drivers.

BTW, a few months ago my CB and I were stopped at a traffic light downtown when an Uber driverless car pulled up in the lane next to me. It's coming!

[the Ferret]

Lol it would be driverless pick-ups in my part of the country

[Retsel_imp]

I've said on this forum before that, when the so-called intelligent car (or driverless vehicle) becomes seriously operational, it will be be the end of human drivers. These computers'll be so good compared to their human counterparts that we'll be a liability and will no longer be allowed on the road. Particularly in cities. In that scenario, it is hard to see that motorcycles will be allowed either. We'll just have to hope that us tragics who want to drive ourselves will have space set aside for us to do so.

Make the most of it fellas.

There will be virtual reality!

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[pdedse]

I've said on this forum before that, when the so-called intelligent car (or driverless vehicle) becomes seriously operational, it will be be the end of human drivers. These computers'll be so good compared to their human counterparts that we'll be a liability and will no longer be allowed on the road. Particularly in cities. In that scenario, it is hard to see that motorcycles will be allowed either. We'll just have to hope that us tragics who want to drive ourselves will have space set aside for us to do so.

Make the most of it fellas.

dang, that sounds like some sick sci-fi movie...and the more I think about it, the more I could see it happening. ...

Imagine, a human driven car vs inteli-car fender bender...wait for the police to arrive? Not necessary! The inteli-car performs an immediate analysis of the accident and performs a self check for damage. You simply tap your i-phone on the inteli-car's windshield, and not only have you just paid your fine, but the damage to the inteli-car as well! Insurance? Forget about it! They only offer policies with $5,000 deductibles as human driven cars are just too risky.

[rotor]

My prediction is that because the technology of batteries is improving all the time there will be more and more pressure for electric vehicles. That means there will be more pressure to solve the range problem given that it seems likely charging will continue to take quite a while.

The solution is relatively simple if government is prepared to get behind it: mandating a limited number of batteries for use in vehicles and requiring that it be really easy to swap them out. Battery stations will then begin to replace petrol stations or petrol stations will stock batteries that they can charge and then swap for customers. You pull into the station and replace a flattened battery with a charged one and head on.

The battery technology is improving, but in too small increments to be of practical value for transportation. If it did, rail transportation systems that would have no problem standardizing the battery and setting swap-statins would long ago migrate to it.

Quote:The solution is relatively simple if government is prepared to get behind it: mandating a limited number of batteries for use in vehicles and requiring that it be really easy to swap them out. Battery stations will then begin to replace petrol stations or petrol stations will stock batteries that they can charge and then swap for customers. You pull into the station and replace a flattened battery with a charged one and head on.
No government is likely to do that. Why? Because the aforementioned incremental improvements in the battery technology. It is obvious that the battery technology has a long way to go if the vehicle range problem is to be solved, and standardizing the battery would be detrimental to the progress of the battery technology.

Reversible electro-chemical process as the method of storing energy in a moving vehicle is a fad, not a long-term transportation solution. One of these days there will be a clean-burning (or -decaying) solid "fuel" that will lend itself to the creation of a distribution and storage system similar to the present day liquid hydrocarbon system, but more efficient and creating less particulate pollution. It would also have to be economically competitive to hydrocarbon fuel. (What again is the cost of a Tesla car? Before the $18K apiece that is subsidized by tax-payers and naive investors!)

We will know that the revolution in transportation is imminent when we see railways switching to new technology.

[josiah.hurt_imp]

This seems like a bike made specifically for a purpose (small errands) that's completely contrary to what I believe is the soul purpose of a bike. To be out on the open road and enjoy it! Wouldn't buy at any price.


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[curlyjoe_imp]

The police department in Ceres CA got three Zeros (police version) and seem to like them a lot for a variety of reasons.

[dsan1964_imp]

From a "Hero" to a "Zero".


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