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To: TimF who wrote (6574)	3/26/2009 2:25:10 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

I was talking price/capability changes. They can come from either improvements or from lower prices. It could be argued that PCs didn't change much in capability. Say they improved 100X in speed, so instead of a taking 10 seconds to update a spreadsheet they took 1/10 of a second... still the same capability just a faster result. But with batteries the basic chore is to move a vehicle 200+ miles between charges. So yes density is likely a cost improvement. PCs (which went from maybe $5000 nominal dollars, to maybe $500 I don't think it's anywhere near impossible for a capable battery pack to go from $16K eventually to $1600. And before you argue think of what people who just bought those first $5K PCs would think if you told them that eventually a much better one could be bought for less than $500. They would have thought you were nuts. PCs were very rare and exotic... like electric cars are now.