The cost of putting
charging pods in the streets all over the United States will be $ 200 billion, but this is much less than 1 year of imported oil, which means that we can certainly afford to build it all over the U.S. within 3 to 4 years.
Combined with battery swapping stations AND
charging pods in every street, this combination will insure that electric car drivers will go to the battery swapping stations less often than gasoline car drivers go to gas stations.
Please see the above link which explains how exactly there will be both battery swapping stations in strategic locations, and also
charging pods in every parking space, so that a 100 mile range that the initial cars will have, will be acceptable.
Having
charging pods in every street, and battery swapping stations in most neighborhoods, will make the transition very fast.
The $ 200 billion figure that PBP is giving, is for putting plenty of
charging pods in every street, and also, a lot of battery swapping stations within reasonably near distances, all over the United States.
A California company called Project Better Place, is already building the full infrastructure to install
charging pods in every parking space in every street in the Bay Area, Hawaii, Denmark, and also in parts of Australia:
When I said» Combined with battery swapping stations AND
charging pods in every street», I meant that only the charging pods will be in every street, not the battery swapping stations.
Not exact matches
this is actually a game
in which a lot of subs (think
Pod or Roz for 1/2 game each) would be ideal since each player could come on fresh and turbo
charge for 1/2 the game... but thats not how wenger rolls.
You simply follow the instructions, pop the warmer
in the
pod and microwave then shake for the times stated
in the manual — it is quick and easy and you know it's
charged if you can hear a rattling sound when you shake it.
There's no worry about batteries running out — with a large enough fleet, a group of
pods could
charge up while the others are
in service.
It is easy to
charge the glasses by placing them
in a pill - shaped
pod that connects to a computer with a USB cable.
Maybe you should be sat
in the turbo
charged M5 at Santa
Pod, as I did and rev it above 4000rpm, with the door open, like the salesman told me to cos thats when the exhaust baffles open and you can hear the V8 then.
A big, backlit tachometer sits
in the center of the main instrument
pod, and off to the side are gauges for battery
charge,
charge level, and motor assist.
Based on the «Don't touch a cable» principle that is stipulated for the aerospace industry, the electric
charging probe unfolds to a specific height to meet «receiver sockets» on
charge point
pods at the kerb,
in car lot
charging bays or installed
in garages at home.
POD providers who
charge substantial fees
in advance are not going to make the cut, nor will publishers who can not deliver books to readers through the retail channel.
I also wonder if this sort of scam will become the modern, post -
POD / digital equivalent of those vanity publishers who pretended
in the early stages of negotiations to be genuine publishers and only brought up
charges after an author's hopes were raised.
Getting the phone
in and out of the case isn't difficult, which is a good thing as if you also own a BlackBerry
Charging Pod you'll have to remove the phone from the case.
It literally hugs the device so tight that there is no sloppiness on the edges, yet is easy to take off for docking
in the BlackBerry
charging pod within seconds.
Hands on with Seidio's case and
charging pod for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 Toddy Smart Cloth annihilates fingerprints TYLT: Not your average BlackBerry and other mobile accessories at CES2012 First Look: Aftershokz Bone Conduction Headphones A ride
in the BlackBerry Limo at CES!
Hands on with Seidio's case and
charging pod for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 Another ride
in the BlackBerry Limo
Be it at home or
in your office with a standard wall charger or BlackBerry
charging pod,
in your car with a car charger or wherever you happen to be.
The Life
Pod is a small free standing structure that implements solar panels as a roof surface providing dry covered shelter and water catchment, the water off the solar roof is stored
in rain barrels, on the south side there is a Hydroponic food system mounted that produces fresh organic supply of greens, on the north side of the structure is a small utility closet that houses the solar battery and all the food system equipment, on the side of the utility closet there are 4 electrical outlets and an EV
charging station, you can run the AC power over to your home or business and power any of your electrical needs with the off grid energy from the Life
Pod.
Since there is electricity
in almost all streets where cars are parked, it is a simple matter to put the
charging pods that look like parking meters.
Simply
charge up this little
pod and toss it
in a travel bag; I'll be able to keep my watch and phone
in the juice for a good while.
Sticking the
pods back
in the
charging case juices them back up, and you can get by without
charging the case for a few days with heavy use.
Just hold the
charge pod near your iPhone and it'll tell you how much juice is left
in both the buds and the case.
The
charging pod comes with built
in battery and it will automatically
charge / keep the earbuds fully
charged at all times.
Apple trademarked the name
in October under a shell company, and
in January, 9to5 Mac reported that Apple was «prototyping» the
pods, thought to be designed similarly to the Motorola Verve Ones which offer a programmable button for audio / Siri control, and a carrying case that
charges the buds on the go.