One of the things that has always irritated me with new technology is that two competing companies tweak the internals of the equipment with no regard to the impact it will have on the consumer. Their view is that it should ‘salt the earth’ so if their product does not become dominant then it becomes useless. They then go for more deals out there by discounting in an attempt to gain market dominance. Good for firms but bad for the consumer. Because of this, and other, reasons I don’t like to be at the bleeding edge of technology and wait until there is a clear leader unless its lifetime makes that moot.
That’s why when I read this article on an agreement being reached for electric cars with a tiny cheer. Tiny in as much as it makes little difference. Converters for plugs and sockets for electrickery are fairly cheap so that it makes it practical for everyone to carry their own converter. However I must say the principle goes a long way. Better for the consumer as it makes little difference who wins the popular electric tin can race. Think about driving past garage after garage with BMW electric, Audi electric and desperately looking for your Ford electric station before you run out of power driving through Germany.
Hope the principle keeps up and they make their battery packs standard and hot changeable. That would also be great for the consumer. For some reason this charging up in minutes doesn’t sound right to me. Call me paranoid. It takes me ages to charge an AAA battery so why should a much bigger battery be any quicker unless of course it’s expected life is about a month. Mmmmm. Sounds dodgy to me. AAA’s cost enough what is one of these batteries going to cost?
Defining the interfaces
One of the things that has always irritated me with new technology is that two competing companies tweak the internals of the equipment with no regard to the impact it will have on the consumer. Their view is that it should ‘salt the earth’ so if their product does not become dominant then it becomes useless. They then go for more deals out there by discounting in an attempt to gain market dominance. Good for firms but bad for the consumer. Because of this, and other, reasons I don’t like to be at the bleeding edge of technology and wait until there is a clear leader unless its lifetime makes that moot.
That’s why when I read this article on an agreement being reached for electric cars with a tiny cheer. Tiny in as much as it makes little difference. Converters for plugs and sockets for electrickery are fairly cheap so that it makes it practical for everyone to carry their own converter. However I must say the principle goes a long way. Better for the consumer as it makes little difference who wins the popular electric tin can race. Think about driving past garage after garage with BMW electric, Audi electric and desperately looking for your Ford electric station before you run out of power driving through Germany.
Hope the principle keeps up and they make their battery packs standard and hot changeable. That would also be great for the consumer. For some reason this charging up in minutes doesn’t sound right to me. Call me paranoid. It takes me ages to charge an AAA battery so why should a much bigger battery be any quicker unless of course it’s expected life is about a month. Mmmmm. Sounds dodgy to me. AAA’s cost enough what is one of these batteries going to cost?