http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/ Engadget Comments for EDAG's Light Car EV is open source, doused in OLEDs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
@Dave: there's no car/oil conspiracy or anything like that. The answer is so much easier (Occam's Razor), is that EV of any sort of practicality have much higher initial cost (see the Volt, "just" a series PHEV, creep up from $20k's to $30k's to now $40000+?) and much more expensive repairs and all. Heck, battery technology, even NOW, isn't that great.

The fact is, people that can afford to spend $40000+ on a car aren't so worried about gas mileage, and would rather get a BMW or Lexus with all sorts of luxury features. It'll be a long while before EV's are feasible for more than a niche market. We'll see PHEV's first, but even straight-forward hybrids are such a minority of the market (admittedly, PHEVs make a lot more economic sense than HEVs, but still tons more expensive than a gas sipper).]]>Mar 5th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
I am not some nonsense talker dude go watch 'who killed the electric car' its a strictly factual documentary. The first car ever produced would have had nothing but a motor and probably had manual start up so no battery but i am sure it would have costed more than the 1800's equivalent of $40,000 it probably was cheaper to buy a whole farm of horses and a 1800's style pimped out carriage but people still bought them hence their success now and why they have become cheap. Perhaps if companies stuck to electric vehicles in the 90's the Chevy Bolt would have been a $10,000 very standard all electric vehicle.

Also a company which looses 10 billion in one quarter i think is big enough to produce a car which can do more than 60 miles on a single charge. Car manufacturers make huge profits (Toyota, 4 billion) there not companies like Apple or HP etc to need to use current technology products from Intel, Nvidia, Corsair etc THEY seriously can fund their own research (i mean serious research where you don't use peasants to design the exterior look of your car)]]>Mar 6th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
I had this very idea a few weeks ago.

I'm going to start wearing a tin-foil hat to stop people stealing ma thoughts!

:-(]]>Mar 5th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/ROAD RAGE + Giant OLED Screen + http://www.oblius.com/images/blogs/middle-finger.jpg = Bad]]>Mar 5th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
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I'M GOING HOME
DON'T FOLLOW ME!]]>Mar 5th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/Mar 5th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
you can decorate the car with lights!! ]]>Mar 5th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
This phrase just comes to show how even tech-savy people (an engadget editor even) still have misconceptions about open-source software and its benefits. The editor's statement implies open-source is less reliable/trustworthy than commercial software. Open-source software is being used by NASA, by the medical industry, by the financial industry to just name a few. I believe this is the biggest obstacle faced by the open-source community, predefined misconceptions of the masses and often just plain ignorance. Even after decades of proving ourselves, we still have ways to go when it comes to educating the public.]]>Mar 5th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/
I'm guessing that 60 with the circle is supposed to be your speed. Now, really, do you want to advertise your driving speed so visually to every police car you may happen to pass.

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Besides, I see nothing wrong with improving the identifiability of speeders through a speed indicator.]]>Mar 6th 2009 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/edags-light-car-ev-is-open-source-doused-in-oleds/http://seriouswheels.com/cars/2009/top-2009-EDAG-Light-Car-Open-Source.htm

Enjoy.]]>Mar 6th 2009 7:03PM