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To: Road Walker who wrote (5987)	3/11/2009 7:06:33 PM
From: Eric	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

Sorta reminds me of an old newspaper story I read many years ago in my college library.. Circa 1907.. From an Ohio newspaper if I remember correctly. "A new contraption is taking up space on our byways. Something called an automobile. It scares horses and people as it goes by smelling up the air with smoke. It is a fad that is sure to fail". It's funny looking back.

To: Road Walker who wrote (5987)	3/11/2009 7:09:37 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

I certainly hope you intend to buy a Volt as soon as its out. If not a Tesla before then. You need to get off oil.

To: Road Walker who wrote (5987)	3/12/2009 2:01:54 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

I don't understand where these people on this thread come from that they think pricing stays the same even as technology innovation and scale kick in. It's like they are totally unaware that tech innovation and scale dramatically reduce prices. My conclusion is that they work for oil and coal companies and are use to the way commodities are priced, which doesn't really follow the tech model that well. Different worlds and they are about to collide. The old world will be the loser and I'm not sorry about that.

To: Road Walker who wrote (5987)	3/25/2009 5:25:03 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

What was the cost of the original desktop PC? The original desktop PC was just that, original. If it had cost $16,000 (in nominal dollars it cost a lot less, but depending on what your considering the first desktop PC, it might be more when adjusted for inflation), and there where other PCs available for much less, than it probably wouldn't have gained much traction. Or if your point is only that costs of items can drop by a lot, well that's true, but the PC is one of the strongest examples of this (at least if you adjust for capability, and its not a bad example even if you don't), there isn't a good reason to think the prices of batteries will fall nearly as much. None of which means I think there should be some centralized decision to abandon things like the Volt and its battery pack. If it has a market it has a market. As long as people are willing to pay the price for it with their own money I don't care much whether it costs 16 cents or 16 million dollars.