[Info-vax] Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[Scott Dorsey]

Doomsdrzej  <dre at do.om> wrote:
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>I want power in my vehicle as well as the ability to drive as far as I
>want to and that is something electric cars will never allow for.

You might want to try the Tesla.  Range isn't there yet, but it's got more
low end torque than most V-8s, and it handles decently.  Range is actually
better than some of those V-8s too, though of course it takes longer to fill
which is a problem.

It's getting there.  What is cool about the electric car from both a
performance and conservation standard is that you're not paying a huge
overhead running with low power most of the time.  With the gasoline engine,
you have to size the engine for peak power that you're only using very
occasionally, and you pay an efficiency penalty at low power.  With the
electric motor you use only what you need; you get crazy high peak power
and good efficiency in cruise at the same time.

I'm not ready to buy an electric car yet, but I wouldn't discount them if
I were you.   The Tesla is way too expensive for what it is, but that will
change given time.

And I might add, given that this is a computer architecture group, that 
what made these cars possible was high density battery technology, and
what made that possible was smart charging.  The lithium chemistry was
known for many years but it takes a lot of charge control technology to
keep them from destroying themselves.  It's not something you can do with
an 8051 anymore.  CPU makes it possible.
--scott
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