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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (3817)	2/15/2014 12:01:31 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4326

We are not discussing continuing with Yank Tanks. When the past is obsolete, new designs are required. Which doesn't mean a centrally planned Kremlin style one size fits all design for 4 fatties and a dog: <The operator wouldn't break a sweat, especially since they'd be sitting on a battery-powered machine which would do the heavy lifting, which wouldn't be very heavy at something like 100 kg, or maybe only 50kg. Some tiny city car batteries might be only 20 kg. The Segway I hired was light enough for me to lift and I could go for about 10km if I remember rightly. > As you can see, I described a variety of cars. Neither does a car have to suit all purposes and people. Swarms of people have little cars. Those are the ones which would be most suitably replaced with fast swap battery cars, including for 200 km trips with four people in the car. Dirty great SUV Yank Tanks would remain on diesel, gasoline, or a Capstone turbine or something or other while the low-hanging fruit changed to fast-swap batteries. <I thought we were talking about cars - sedans four people and a dog can take a family trip in> "Hey, I know somebody who uses a huge vehicle to tow a large boat 500 km to the beach each weekend" isn't an argument that everyone else should not consider fast-swap little battery cars. Try to think what I am describing rather than what I'm not. Let's play spot the difference. Mqurice

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (3817)	2/15/2014 12:35:44 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4326

You have the wrong idea there too: <not inner city golf carts > Here is my company's "golf cart" Can you see any differences from an "inner city golf car"? As you might imagine, that car will go a lot faster than a golf cart. Which is not to say that Qualcomm racing car is how street cars would be designed, but they would certainly not be like golf carts which operate in low speed golf course environments. If you showed up in that Qualcomm golf cart to tear around your local golf course, you might be invited to leave. It wouldn't be very convenient anyway as getting in and out would be difficult and there's no convenient place to put your golf clubs. Ground clearance is poor too for golf course terrain. You can read about Halo here: qualcommhalo.com Mqurice