GaslessInSeattle
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It is remarkably how many people hear about regenerative breaking and jump to perpetual motion. I don't think the temptation to believe in perpetual motion is all that odd, we do after all, have a fire ball that comes up over the horizon every day, blasting our planet with an amazing amount of "free" energy while the planet continues to rotate without apparently slowing down over one's lifetime, as it has for hundreds of millions of years... most folks get lost on the physics. Rather than make them feel stupid, I see their leap in logic as a sign of excitement about this "ground breaking" automotive technology and I try to simply elucidate some of the finer details without killing their sense of wonder... or making them want to fall asleep. the fact that my car runs for a mile on 2 cents worth of electricity is just about as outlandish to most folks as the idea of perpetual motion. compared to what most people are paying, it's practically free!
rohan00, don't let these party poopers get you down, it's perfectly normal to get swept up in miraculous ideations when you first become familiar with the Leaf! My guess is that Carlos Goshn had a few overly excited moments of his own that eventually led to betting the farm and $6 billion in R&D on the futuristic notion of a battery operated car that could take an 80% charge in 30 minutes. It's not perpetual motion, but it's pretty cool stuff and it will change the way you think about a lot of things! Welcome to MNL!!
rohan00, don't let these party poopers get you down, it's perfectly normal to get swept up in miraculous ideations when you first become familiar with the Leaf! My guess is that Carlos Goshn had a few overly excited moments of his own that eventually led to betting the farm and $6 billion in R&D on the futuristic notion of a battery operated car that could take an 80% charge in 30 minutes. It's not perpetual motion, but it's pretty cool stuff and it will change the way you think about a lot of things! Welcome to MNL!!