Comment Re:Had to be said (Score 1) 332
It would be a lot easier and safer to put a charging station at each spot in a parking lot than it would be to fit a gas pump to each one.
Would it? What square footage of solar cells is required? How well do the cells perform in cloudy climes? Apparently well enough, as they mention a chain of stations from Vancouver to San Diego. Still, you'd need a fairly large parking lot completely covered with cells to make it work on a reasonable scale.
Still, I'm very excited about this, and could see myself buying a Model S in 5 years or so. By the time the larger recharge stations are in play (i.e. 5-10 years), the solar generation technology will have been improved, as well as the charging speed. Batteries and range will have improved as well.
As long as incremental steps like this keep coming, the goal of electrical personal transportation will get closer and closer.