Utilities claim they'll be ready for electric vehicles

CNN scrounged up a couple "officials" from the utility world to say they'll be ready for future influx of electric vehicles, "so long as the changeover from internal combusion engines to electric vehicles is somewhat gradual." Very comforting.   Apparently, Efrain Ornelas from Pacific Gas & Electric is all over this issue for us: "we see the vehicle penetration levels coming at a rate that's manageable. It's not like tomorrow the flood gates are going to open and 100,000 vehicles are going to come into San Francisco or something like that."  OK, sounds very scientific to me.  Well, if you do worry about this issue don't because OPEC has our back.  Just ask 200,000 fishermen in Japan. Note to self: SanFran no longer viable for 2009 Million Electric Vehicle March...get Las Vegas back on the phone.  Second note to self: start off-grid blog to learn about powering future cityZenn with solar panels attached to EESU's. 

More EEStor Information Coming

I hate to be a tease. But I've got alot of really good information coming in the next few days. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some of it out this weekend.  

EEStor Blog Updates

You'll notice a few minor changes to this EEStor blog today.  The immediate intent is to make it easier for people searching for information about electric cars to learn about EEStor and how it's technology compares to other technologies vying for the electric vehicle market. Assuming all goes well, as EEStor develops as a company, it's appeal and recognition will begin with electric cars made by Zenn Motor Co but it will surely move to other applications such as ipods, blackberries, cell phones and even to power grid stabilization, etc.  As Ian Clifford has said of EEStor technology, "from pacemaker to power plant."  

Andy Grove on Electric Vehicles

Here's a good article that depicts a sentiment shared by a growing number of people: that electric vehicles are an imperative that goes beyond whether or not market conditions are favorable. In this case, the spokesperson for the sentiment is Andy Grove, former Chairman of Intel. Additionally, the market for Electric Vehicles needs a governmental push. I would go further and say, at least insofar as I am an American, that we need to unify as a country to make this change happen more quickly.

This is a blog about EEStor and all of it's offshoot relationships like Zenn Motor Co. But its impetus to some large degree is an interest in energy independence. And I do not necessarily mean energy independence for the USA but for humanity as a whole. The adoption of electric vehicles would be a major milestone towards that end.

I think Grove is right in saying a home brew approach would benefit us...ie, individuals and groups experimenting with improvements to make electric vehicles possible. I also blog about a similar technology movement based on hho gas.

And finally, just so my keyboard is disgusted with me for being so long winded. I think all the analogies related to what the USA has done in times of war and to put a man on the moon are very appropriate when it comes to these matters of energy independence. Our economy is not our own until we solve this problem. So sound off and let your representatives know how you feel. House of Representatives, Senate and White House.