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Adventure Day #1: Valley City & the Sheyenne River Valley
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A Valley City woman's burglary charges have been dropped
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- Charges have been dropped against a Valley City woman accused of a burglary spree in Barnes County.By WDAY Staff Reports , January 21, 2013
Valley City is trying everything to save the local auditorium
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- Valley City is doing everything it can to save a 76 year fixture in the town, but the costs of keeping the building are beginning to add up.By Todd Kurtz , January 18, 2013
Valley City needs more rental units
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- Valley City says it needs more rental units, and fast.By WDAY Staff Reports , January 14, 2013
Six-hour standoff in Valley City ends peacefully
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — A standoff in Valley City involving authorities and an armed, suicidal man ended peacefully.January 02, 2013
Barnes County charity campaigns see record numbers
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — Charity organizers throughout Barnes County say they've seen record donations this year as residents and businesses donated time and money to help those in need.December 31, 2012
A group gathers in Valley City for an end of the world celebration
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- It may be the last time to celebrate before the end of the world hits and a group in Valley City is making it a night to remember.By Kay Cooley , December 21, 2012
A Valley City woman has collected over 300 nativity scenes
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- She admits, it's an unusual collection. But one fitting for the holiday season.By Becky Parker , December 07, 2012
Valley City residents are wondering who has the winning ticket?
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- No one in North Dakota or Minnesota took home the biggest Powerball jackpot of all time. But someone in Valley City won 10-thousand dollars in Saturday's drawing. The trouble is: no one has claimed it.By Becky Parker , November 30, 2012
North Dakota's biggest cattle show is even bigger
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- North Dakota's biggest cattle show has gotten even bigger.By WDAY Staff Reports , November 30, 2012
Valley City John Deere factory to hold groundbreaking
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — The John Deere factory in Valley City is holding a groundbreaking Tuesday for its $20 million plant expansion.November 26, 2012
North Dakota State Senate candidate won't seek recount
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota House candidate who lost by 50 votes says she won't ask for a recount.November 19, 2012
Four face burglary, theft charges in Barnes County
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — Four people face burglary and theft charges after a two-month investigation in Barnes County.November 16, 2012
Dozens of new jobs are coming to Valley City
Valley City, ND (WDAY TV) -- Dozens of new jobs are coming to Valley City, thanks to new John Deere and National Guard facilities going up near the Interstate.By Becky Parker , November 02, 2012
New National Guard facility planned in Valley City
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) — Ground breaking for a new $31 million National Guard facility in Valley City is scheduled for the spring of 2015.November 02, 2012
Ex Valley City administrator working for Senator Hoeven
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven has hired Valley City's controversial former administrator as a full-time staff member to serve constituents in the western North Dakota oil patch.October 31, 2012
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At Nimbula, we've been focused on bringing our customers the best possible cloud infrastructure. Nimbula Director delivers all the elasticity and self-service of modern cloud but with all the security, and operational readiness expected of enterprise software. In the last year and a half, we've released Nimbula Director 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0. We've been deployed all over the world to help with development and test, SaaS hosting, and batch processing. Our customers are in enterprise, internet, and government. Now, we are proud to announce the next step in our journey. As of today, Nimbula joins the OpenStack Foundation and the Openstack development community.
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Over the last year, a number of our customers and prospects have been asking us if we can provide them our enterprise ready cloud platform on top of an open core model and we are responding to that demand. The requirement for an open core model comes down to the following four value propositions.
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With multiple open source cloud offerings, we chose OpenStack because we have been very impressed with the continued rate of growth of the project and community. The developer base, vendor commitment, product features, and most importantly customer traction have grown remarkably well in only a short time. Furthermore, as we have spoken with key OpenStack participants in the last few months, we have found significant mutual interest. While we are looking to meet the open core demand, many in the OpenStack community has shown interest in our capabilities and differentiators and have wanted to see that technology work to advance OpenStack.
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A light to defy darkness.
Battered and bruised, suffering grievous loss, the Company enters the great city of Instruere. They have to warn the Council of Faltha of the Destroyer's threat, and have no idea of the depth of treachery that awaits them. Bhrudwo's tentacles go far deeper into Faltha than any of the Company realises . They find Instruere to be a city divided against itself, and the Watchers are nowhere to be found.
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what? you only reprinted it for girls? I got all excited getting an email saying this shirt was reprinted, then saw it was only for girls. how disappointing, threadless. :(
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Ann Romney has been offered a spot on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars — but she's already turned it down, according to TMZ.
President Barack Obama and noted Mitt Romney supporter Kid Rock met face-to-face at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. this weekend — but the encounter went surprisingly well, according to Rock.
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For her third time hosting Saturday Night Live, Anne Hathaway not only showed off her killer pipes, but also her infamous knack for impressions. In her opening monologue, the Oscar nominee sang her heart out on a spoof of one of the classic songs from her upcoming film, Les Miserables, "One More Day." However, it wasn't her impressive voice that caught our eye, but her blink-and-you-missed-it Stefon impression... read more
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Barack Obama has been re-elected president of the United States. "Four more years," the president tweeted late Tuesday night.
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A stone smoking album from Nick Waterhouse – the first full-length we've ever heard from the singer, and a killer set all the way through! The backings are funky, but the sound is nice and gritty too – much more in an R&B mode than other contemporary albums of this nature – which is a perfect fit for Nick's sharp-edged way of handling the lyrics! Production is wonderful – very classic overall, but with a fresh feel that's all its own – a perfect illustration of the way that Waterhouse gets past easy generic classifications, or any sort of soul music cliches – and manages to come up with something fresh, unique, and all his own! Most instrumentation is vamping small combo soul, with occasional backup vocals – and titles include "Times All Gone (parts 1 & 2)", "Indian Love Call", "Is That Clear", "Raina", "If You Want Trouble", "Say I Wanna", "Some Place", and "Teardrop Will Follow You". (Nice heavy pressing – with a cool tip-on cover!) © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. |
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Doubront went 6 1/3 innings, the longest outing of his career, to save an overworked Red Sox bullpen in an 11-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. He yielded five runs, four earned, on seven hits and three walks to pick up the victory.
Boston had lost 9-6 to Baltimore in a 17-inning game Sunday.
"Felix was excellent," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said. "He was exactly what we needed. Three of the hits off him were a bunt, an infield single and a broken-bat single. He was efficient. He was terrific."
After Doubront (2-1) walked Alex Gordon with the bases loaded in the seventh to cut Boston's lead to 7-5, Vicente Padilla replaced Doubront and coaxed Billy Butler to ground into an inning-ending double play. Padilla held the Royals scoreless for 2 2/3 innings to pick up his first save.
Middlebrooks, who hit a grand slam Sunday, homered with David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez aboard in the Red Sox four-run first. Middlebrooks also hit a two-run homer off the left field foul pole in the four-run eighth, giving him nine RBI in two games.
"It's not just about that," Middlebrooks said. "It was a team win. Doubront pitched his butt off, and we got good pitching from the bullpen again."
Royals left-hander Jonathan Sanchez (1-2) said he thought he threw a decent pitch to Middlebrooks in the first inning, but the rookie was ready for it.
"I felt he would try to go away against me," Middlebrooks said. "I watched a lot of video on him and felt that he was going to go away. I wanted to approach it that way."
Ortiz, who had three hits and was twice walked intentionally, and Dustin Pedroia also homered for the Red Sox, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Pedroia and Ortiz each scored three runs.


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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner hid in a mountain condominium as a door-to-door manhunt took place outside and, after he finally made his break, apparently killed himself with a gunshot to the head amid a fiery battle with police.
Dorner is believed to have entered the condo through an unlocked door sometime Feb. 7, soon after he arrived in the resort area of Big Bear Lake after killing three people. He locked the door and hunkered down for six days until the condo's owners came to clean it, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon told reporters Friday.
Deputies knocked on the door that first night but moved on when they found it locked and with no sign of a break-in, McMahon said.
"Our deputy knocked on that door and did not get an answer, and in hindsight it's probably a good thing that he did not answer based on his actions before and after that event," the sheriff said of Dorner.
When the owners arrived, he tied them up and fled in their car, leading to a chase, a shootout that killed a sheriff's deputy and, ultimately, Dorner's death in a remote cabin where he barricaded himself for a last stand.
Police initially weren't sure if Dorner was killed by one of their bullets or by a fire sparked when they launched incendiary tear gas inside. Now they believe he died by his own hand as the cabin was going up in flames.
"When about a quarter of the cabin was on fire, we heard a distinct single gunshot come from inside the house which was a much different-sounding shot than what he'd been shooting at us," sheriff's Capt. Kevin Lacy said.
Dorner was equipped with an arsenal of weapons, including assault rifles with flash suppressors that masked the sound of gunfire and the location it was coming from as he pelted the first two deputies to arrive at the cabin, killing Det. Jeremiah MacKay.
"Our officers had not even pulled their guns out at that point and were not prepared to engage anybody and they were ambushed," McMahon said.
The next five responding deputies got into a fierce firefight with bullets whizzing through trees. They deployed smoke bombs to block Dorner's view so they could pull McKay's wounded partner to safety as other officers provided cover with a hail of bullets, said Capt. Gregg Herbert. Continued...
"Every time they tried to move, Dorner was shooting at them," he said. "There were bullets snapping through the trees."
Worried he was lying in wait to ambush them, they eventually used heavy machinery to peel back walls and windows to see if they could see Dorner, who used smoke bombs to obscure their view. They eventually resorted to incendiary tear gas, though McMahon said they didn't intend to start the fire.
The search for the former cop began last week after authorities said the former Navy reservist launched a violent revenge campaign against the Los Angeles Police Department for firing him, warning in an angry manifesto on Facebook that he would bring "warfare" to LAPD officers and their families.
Dorner was dismissed for filing a false report that accused his training officer of kicking a mentally disabled man.
His first victims were Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, both gunned down outside their Orange County condominium Feb. 3. Quan was the daughter of former LAPD Capt. Randal Quan, who Dorner said he felt represented the department's interests over his own before a disciplinary board.
After ambushing and killing Riverside police officer Michael Crain and seriously wounding his partner at a traffic light, Dorner fled to the San Bernardino National Forest, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. His burned-out truck, with a broken axle was found within walking distance of the Big Bear Lake condo where he hid 100 feet across the street from the command post set up for the manhunt.
Dorner entered the condo through a door left unlocked for a maintenance man, McMahon said. He locked it and stayed there as officers went door-to-door checking vacation cabins and condos and used heat-seeking helicopters and metal detectors to search for the fugitive in the forest.
He didn't appear to be in contact with anyone or have help while on the run, McMahon said.
While some residents have criticized the search for missing Dorner so close by, the sheriff emphatically supported his department, raising his voice and saying deputies "performed flawlessly."
"Understand we found the door locked at that condominium," he said. "My instructions were that we were not going to kick the doors open to unoccupied residences or ones where nobody answered." Continued...
It was the condo's owners, Karen and Jim Reynolds, who finally found Dorner when they arrived Tuesday and unlocked the door that they assumed the maintenance man had locked. Dorner pointed a gun at them, tied them up and fled in their purple Nissan Rogue SUV.
"I really thought it could be the end," Karen Reynolds said afterward. Even though she was bound, she managed to call 911 moments after he left.
Local game wardens picked up the chase some 20 miles down the road, but Dorner quickly lost them on a side road, where he crashed the SUV and then carjacked a pickup truck from a man at gunpoint.
As he passed other wardens, he fired on them from his open window.
Dorner eventually crashed the truck and ran to the vacant cabin where the fierce gunbattle and standoff lasted hours. Tear gas and fire finally forced the gunman who began the rampage to bring it to an end.
After the distinctive crack of a single gunshot, investigators only heard ammunition popping in the flames as the cabin burned to the ground. Dorner's body was later found in the basement.
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@Daftpunk Was that regular company of heroes of the free to play online variant? I found the free to play community much more 'happy go lucky' maybe because it was a beta?
@Daftpunk Was that regular company of heroes of the free to play online variant? I found the free to play community much more 'happy go lucky' maybe because it was a beta?
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"And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves." ~ 1 Samuel 8:18
TrackMania United Forever is such a bizarre game. In the best sense, of course. I don't ever sit down and think "You know what, I'm going to pour an hour into this", it just sort of happens. But when it does and I find a server with some ace tracks, magic just happens. It's a wonderful game and I recommend anyone who likes the purest feeling of racing games to go download United Forever on Steam. There's a pay-for version and a free version with limited access, but the limited access is where the majority play, so all the pay-for people create content usually for this, so you're barred from very, very little.
I don't know how many others feel about it. It's obviously played a lot, but I seldom see mention of it. I guess I'm not the only one who unintendedly plays it.
I play Trackmania now and then. Haven't for a while, but was delighted when I realized I had an arcade racing game available for free on Steam. Now and then I make ridiculous tracks, too, including some that are far too long for that game. Its fun to toy around with and just...drive. Can get lost in that game, now and then.
But for this weekend? Going to begin my first every Mass Effect playthrough, with the first game.
So I'm 3/4 way through Deus Ex: HR. I originally started it when it came out, but got bored and quit sometime in the middle of detroit. Anyhow, my impressions of it having almost completed it are more or less the same as when it initially came out: a perfectly adequate game, but SOOOOOO overrated.
The worlds have nice art direction, but feel really dead to me because there aren't many NPCs to talk to. The stealth gameplay is well made for a stealth game, but nothing revolutionary (it would have been nice, for example, if they had done something like have the enemies wake up after a period of time as everyone sleeping for hours after you choke them for a few seconds get's a bit silly). There aren't nearly enough upgrades to unlock and most do fairly mundane things so other than the main choice between "stealth" or "kill everyone" there really is not a whole lot of variety in possible character builds. The boss fights are terrible (but enough have been said about that). The graphics downright suck--especially character models. At times it looks like a 5 or 6 year old game rather than something that came out last year.
But worst of all the writing is really nothing special at all. It's adequate for a video game, nothing more, and at times (especially in some of the ways that they hamfistedly insert side quests in an awkward way) it's down right not very good.
ANyhow, despite my ciriticisms I do think it's an adequate enough game and a much better successor to the original than its sequel was (plus, I do like the hacking mini-game--which says alot as usually hacking mini-games are the worst parts of any game). However, when it comes to ranking the best games of 2011 this has nothing on Witcher 2 (it probably wouldn't even make my top 5).
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A noob in the RPS (hope im welcome)
I've currently got four games on the blend. I've returned to Trine after a lengthy hiatus, to prepare for a co-op run of the sequel with my chums. I'm quite enjoying Legend of Grimrock, although I'm not rushing through it, and I've been utterly charmed by the lovely Stacking. I've also started playing a hot new game called Left 4 Dead with three good buddies. None of us have played it before, but we've discovered it's bloody brilliant. Better late than never, eh?
Left 4 Dead is so fun. 2 is the technically better game but 1's atmosphere is unsurpassed. Daytime doesn't fit as well IMHO.
I've also played as a less than lethal brawler. Tranq darts, stun gun and punch up the face. But no sneaking! It's actually hard to resist tucking your head in, and I desperately needed more cereal bars. Where is a Holland and Barrett when you need one?
Slight boss battle spoilers.
Boss 1,stun gun until win.
Boss 2,land mines and then stun gun until win.
Boss 3 OHKO(look it up on youtube) or heavy machingun and grenade blindfire.
Boss 4,quick hack/keycode and a burst of laser.
The real last boss was obviously the conversation with [redacted] in the control room.
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Think I played similar - sneaking around but taking out anyone I found via punching, tranquilizing or stunning (or silenced pistol to the face, if they had been a dickbag).
My boss fighting was less well-refined though:
B1 - shot in the face and grenaded
B2 - tested my Typhoon
B3 - ran around other side of central divide, dumped a load of the remote detonated devices on the ground, exploded them when he hopped the divide.
B4 - running and gunning.
I need to try out the assault rifle with homing bullets.
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Thanks to whoever mentioned it in that "interesting game articles" thread a couple of weeks back, Galactic Civilizations II has destroyed all my free time lately.
When I've been needing a break from galactic conquest I've been dipping into the Firefall beta. I'm very optimistic about it, it's going to be a blast.
... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
There's a night time version of The Parish, called quite appropriately Dark Parish. I haven't played it myself, but it's supposedly quite good. It does make a few adjustments to the gameplay of the original map though.
Put a little bit of time into Sword & Sworcery again this afternoon.
It's beautiful in terms of audio, unique(ish) in terms of visuals, a pain in the arse in terms of gameplay.
An adventure game, then.
I'm soaring around the maps in Tribes:Ascend, but I'm also having doubts about the unlock system that Hi-Rez have adopted.
The problem is that there are a number of guns which appear to be straight upgrades from the default ones, which you can purchase using real money. These guns can also be unlocked by playing the game and accumulating XP points - if you don't want to spend any money - but the difference is that the XP prices of most of the weapons are astronomical.
I hate to label the game as 'pay 2 win' because it feels like a cheap shot and I do really like it, the movement is spot-on and high speed flag chasing is exhilarating. I just wish the devs would have looked at a different unlock model, or at the very least slash the prices on some of the weapons.
I've also been playing the absolutely wonderful Vessel. It's a superb puzzle platformer whose liquid-themed problems require a bit of thought to solve. It reminds me a bit of Braid, in that the puzzle solutions make you feel like a genius when you finally work them out.
It's quite lengthy too, I've played it for about five hours and I think I'm just at the halfway point. The physics, art, music just all all contribute to a wonderful experience. One of my games of the year so far for sure.
I agree with you, but since they've ported over the original maps into L4D2 you can have the benefits of both in one game. I like the way they improved some of the crescendo events from L4D1 when they were ported over too. (Think the ending of the Barns from 'Dark Carvinal').


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That's a strong statement, but Musk apparently didn't think it was strong enough, so he quickly amended it. "It's probably going to be in the 12- to 15-year time frame," he added.
For those who closely follow the electric car business, that's a stunning prognostication, to put it kindly. Today, fully electric cars are few and their sales are poor. By 2020, Lux Research Inc. projects that "less than a percent" of new vehicles will be fully electric. Pike Research is slightly more charitable, saying they believe it could hit 1 percent. "If you look 10 years past 2020, is it going to gain another 49 percent?" asks Dave Hurst, senior analyst for Pike Research. "It's unlikely."
So what's Musk thinking? Hard to say. A big thinker with a reputation for genius, Musk isn't afraid to take risks. His SpaceX startup has already sent a ship up to dock with the International Space Station, an achievement that initially drew laughter. His recent introduction of the Model S was another beat-the-odds story, since many expected Tesla to fail long before it reached this point. So Musk has a track record of turning his dreams into reality.
But half of all new cars within 12 to 15 years? Bear in mind, by using the term "fully electric," Musk is excluding plug-in hybrids, such as the Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius PHV. For now, that leaves the Model S, Nissan Leaf, Ford Focus Electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, GM Spark, and a few others. More are coming, but it would need to be a lot more to get to 50 percent in 12 to 15 years.
There are, of course, societal factors that could enter the picture. A shock to the oil market or government mandates, much stricter than those now calling for 54.5 mpg by 2025, could change the outlook. And the battery, of course, could be the biggest wild card of all. If materials scientists can find ways to dramatically boost the energy density, cut the cost, and charge batteries more quickly, they could launch a revolution in consumer demand.
I have a lot of confidence in this Musk genius. No need to argue with this legend. If you cannot do it, he will do it himself.
I think the term "fully electric" is the key here.
Cars like the Volt come close, but are actually hybrids. However, all it takes is a design like the Volt, however with a totally electric drive train (no weaseling about a mechanical link between engine and drivetrain in highway driving), and you have a "fully electric" car.
Alternatively, replace the ICE with a fuel cell, and generate H2 on board with a H2 separator, and that's also "fully electric."
What I do not see in the tea leaves is that battery technology is going to cut it, in 12 to 15 years, not as the primary energy storage device anyway. Battery electrics may become a little more prevalent, but their range limitations and "refueling" times are just too severe liabilities for general purpose cars.
Uh, the Nissan Leaf and others are already "fully electric". Did you read the article?
Uhh, and you were under the odd impression that the Tesla and the Leaf account for anything remotely close to 50 percent of cars on the road? Or even that their sales are skyrocketing, making such a predicion likely?
Perhaps best stick with Apple evangelising?
Your comment says
"However, all it takes is a design like the Volt, however with a totally electric drive train (no weaseling about a mechanical link between engine and drivetrain in highway driving), and you have a "fully electric" car."
This comment sure makes it seem like you were not aware that there already exist "fully electric" cars?
Not Apple "evangelising". Just tired of grumpy old men complaining about smartphones.
If you had read further, you would have seen in the very same post:
"Battery electrics may become a little **more** prevalent, but their range limitations and 'refueling' times are just too severe liabilities for general purpose cars."
I doubt there's an engineeer on the planet who doesn't know that battery powered electric cars have been around for at least 100 years, for heaven's sake. But in spite of the hype and outright lies, their advertized range hardly ever stands real-world tests, except perhaps in the most benevolent conditions. Which is why other forms of energy storage, in cars with electric drivetrains, are where more effort should be spent.
Even if the battery technology fairy comes wave his wand, where is all the electricity going to come from?
We can support a very small % of EVs hanging off the grid, but electrical generation capacity would need to double (more or less) to cope with 50% of vehicles being EVs.
Renewables don't cut it. People will not be prepared to wait for the wind to blow or the sun to shine to recharge their vehicles.
Getting new planning permission for just one generation plant is extremely difficult; doubling up is even harder. Then too, the grid and reticulation needs to be doubled to get the juice to the houses.
At this stage, all these predictions are just nonsense.
So new chapter in auto industry is near horizon. Musk's prediction and effort to achieve this is very remarkable. It will happen so.
Well if GM just hands everything over to him, the way NASA did, he could probably do it. The problem is, someone handed him the script to "Back to the Future" instead of a business plan, by mistake. He's waiting to announce the flying cars at the next press conference.
Tesla's prediction looks something out of reach today. But the technology sometimes moves at some unpredictable pace once it is out of its incubation period. The main hurdle in bringing Tesla's prediction to reality is the Battery -cost, range per charge and weight.
With some breakthroughs already in sight in this area , Tesla's prediction looks to be promsing enough to put one's bet on.
If he means battery powered, we need to remember that the electricity to charge then battery comes mainly from fossil fuels. So in the long run it doesn't make a greener car - where does the battery go when it wears out? If he is thinkiing a new technology like hydrogen then maybe it could happen if there is a breakthrough in the next couple of years.
True enough that today's electricity isn't all that green... but come on... where do you think hydrogen comes from? Fossil fuel to wheels, which is what all of them are (discounting nuclear and renewable in the electric mix), battery electrics are least pollution/CO2 of the three options.
Actually, all depends on where you live. There are articles online that explain this.
Battery electrics, in much of the US, do not reduce CO2 emissions, because the electricity is generated from coal. Now some of that is being replaced by natural gas, so it may help some.
And then there is the problem of the spent batteries.
My take is, switching over to all electric drive trains will help, because it makes the car more efficient. And switching the main power source from ICE to fuel cells, with the H2 extracted on board from a hydrocarbon fuel (rather than storing H2 in tanks), should also reduce C02 emissions by a lot. The process is supposed to be about twice as efficient as the ICE, i.e. around 60 percent vs 30 percent.
So, in my view, you don't pretend to solve the (supposed) problem in one fell swoop. But you can manage it a lot better.
According to wikipedia, fuel cells are only 40-60% efficient. I'm picking that in real-world conditions (ie. dirty fuel, too cold/hot, after 5000 miles of use), the efficiency will be around 40%.
I doubt very much that the whole process of delivering power to the wheels is going to be 60% efficient for fuel cells.
Burning fuel in an ICE delivers approx 30% to the wheels.
In an electric system, the motor is approx 90% efficient and the ECU is approx 90% efficient. That means the fuel cell itself needs to be approx 75% efficient to his 60%. That is quite a demanding target to reach and maintain.
Do fuel cells operate efficiently after 10,000 miles and in real world conditions?
Then apply the efficiency of the motor control + motor and you're down to 30% or so.
The 30 percent figure is for the carnot cycle, and not to the wheels, in truth.
With the current state of the art, fuel cells lose efficiency when they are required to produce a lot of power. That's where you see those sub 50 percent numbers. Which is why, to keep efficiency high, you use an auxiliary battery, like hybrids do.
For instance, an efficiently designed car (which leaves out SUV pigs) requires only about 12 HP to run at a steady 50 mph. And some more at higher speeds. The high transient demands can be met with the aux battery rather than the fuel cell.
Longevity is another issue, but that too is being addressed. Initially, they may need to be easily replaceable.
Work is being done on all of these fronts, for fuel cells. Batteries have infinitely worse liabilities, and everyone seems to just assume that's the only way to go. It's not. There's no future there, not for a long time. And, as many have said, the electricity to charge those batteries won't come out of thin air.
By the way, that 30 percent figure is optimistic. If you read the Wikipedia article, you'll note that true average efficiency of the ICE is in the 18 to 20 percent range.
ICEs are opposite fuel cells, in the sense that the ICE is most efficient at full throttle. That's when it puts out most power for a given amount of fuel. Fuel cells are the other way around.
Which in this case, is actually a plus. Combined with a small aux battery, like a hybrid, you can make this owrk to your advantage.
I agree with you. Energy crisis will increase if the dependency on the fossil fuel for generating electricity remains predominant. In the next 15 years time, may be, there could be a breakthrough in the solar or other greener technologies for generating electricity, which could make this easier? If the efficiency of the PV cells are increased to 50%?
He will need to make it like iPhone. People still buy even though hey need to charge every half a day.
To me, the most valid way of looking at battery electrics is to ask yourself this:
Would I consider buying a car in which the gasoline tank holds only 2 gallons of fuel, and it takes 4 to 10 hours to refill the tank?
I'll submit that even the theoretical option of switching out the gas tank, with another tank preloaded with 2 gallons of fuel, does not help matters much. Nor does making that a 4 gallon gas tank!
I'll admit that there are some situations where such dire restrictions are acceptable. But it ain't no 50 percent of cars on the road.
Maybe for short distance within cities at first. Of course with charging infrastructure in place, it's gonna be even better. Say they can charge while parking at reasonable price?
Do you own an iPhone? I'm guessing not. Average battery life lasts well more than a couple days with average usage. I'm tired of anti-smartphone luddites exaggerating charging intervals in an attempt to make them seem like the "smart" ones.
If anyone visite china, e-bike has replaced most of motorcycles and some bikes.
If it's low speed short range, e-bike rules.
same thing, e-car will rule in china if no speed /range requirement which is already happening in some villages...
e-bike can be pedaled like a regular bike when the battery is dead. You cannot pedal a car with a dead battery ...
man, you need to take a real look, many of the chinese e-bikes don't have a pedal.
I think you've got the right idea spritoo22. In 15 to 20 years the largest market for cars will likely be in places like Shanghai, Mumbai, Jakarta, and Sao Paulo. In these large developing cities a very small and inexpensive electric "city car" could be a big seller. The US and European markets may be much smaller than the developing world in terms of number of units sold. So Musk could be right.
thanks for your support.
acturally the chinese are quite innovative/pioneering in this front.
check out this one, Elon Musk is slow... e-truck already out there...
But clearly those are the few exceptions success stories. I still do not see the infrastructure catch-up that does countries would need to be able to use such vehicle.
I still find myself doubting the ability for developed countries to make the switch, in that time frame.
I just wishful thinking, is what I say to those bold statements, and I do not consider myself a pesimist... ;-)
I don't think it is possible to see a lot "fully electric" car in 20 years if there is no breakthrough in battery - no matter it is fuel cell or any other kind of chemical. 20 years is just a blink if we talk about battery technology.
I think you are under the impression that "fuel cell" is some kind of battery technology. It is not.
A fuel cell converts H2 into electricity, which then powers an all-electric drivetrain. Which means, you can get a truly electric car without having to rely on a battery as your main energy source.
The problem with H2 itself as fuel, though, is storage. H2, very small atoms, requires very high pressure to store efficiently, plus it also much prefers to escape from the tank.
So instead, you store the H2 as a hydrocarbon fuel, a biofuel perhaps or even gasoline itself, and now you have an electric car without the liability of that battery and not limited to the ~30 percent efficiency of internal combustion engines.
If the pot has to be stirred, I say let's stir it in this direction.
Musk's prediction will only come true if there is a breakthrough in battery technology.
There's certainly enough money chasing the issue, but that doesn't mean anyone will find a breakthrough.
I say Musk is just stirring the pot with wishful thinking and big talk. But I give him the benefit of the doubt that his motive is to rally people toward a better planet. I don't think he is just trying to pump up Tesla.
That was exactly my take when I read the headline. He doesn't need to convince the whole world - just the investors forking over millions into Tesla. I can only imagine the marketing presentations from Tesla showing the hockey stick curve (in this case it wouldn't have a handle it would ramp straight up) with TAMs in the 100s of billions.
Musk is probably privy to near every speculative R&D firm in electrical energy storage - likely regularly. For 15 years to have 1/2 of vehicles electric, means the disclosure / productization of some speculative battery / capacitor advance is fully in production in less than 7 years, likely needs to be in full production in 3-5 years from NOW. Whatever than means regarding a speculative new technology ( that enables a significant cost breakthrough to validate his claim ) is self evident. Given all of the Arpa-e projects, it will be curious to see which advance is causing Musk to get so giddy?
If man was intended to fly he would have been born with wings, it is impossible to record the human voice. People who can - do. The world is full of naysayers, Ask Goddard, Deming, Ford, The Wright brothers, Edison, the list goes on. When Kennedy said Lets go to the moon. We went - not because it was easy or "could be done in his day" but because he believed it could be done! There is a lot that can be achieved - so please naysayers - get out of the way you're holding up progress.
Yup. I feel Musk is totally aware, current battery technology wont hold up his prediction. He is hoping some new technology will be invented in the coming years to support his prediction.
Read this 1959 Fortune article about the space program. They predicted a man on the moon before Kennedy called for it. Almost everything they predict happened.
Very optimistic prediction from Musk to say the least. Either he is party to a revolutionary breakthrough in battery technology or he has inside knowledge of Govt policies for the next two decades, else he is just prophesying.
Going by ground realities, no, it won't happen for better or worse. He is also totally discounting the fact that gasoline vehicles could become more efficient in due course which would keep the electric option still relatively expensive.
Frank Eory
Does this mean it's time to invest in nuclear fusion for electric power generation? I want a Tesla sports car that contains one of those Mr. Fusion home reactors like Doc Brown had on his DeLorean. According to the movie, that happened in 2015, so I guess we only need to wait 3 more years!
Interesting concept, although even there, you need to store (heavy) hydrogen, as the fuel. So really, not that much different from the fuel cell approach, as far as ease of fuel storage.
Although it may not work well if you expect a hydrocarbon fuel to hold the hydrogen atoms. (Is there a lot of dueterium in hydrocarbon fuels? I think the main source of dueterium is sea water?)
The bottom line being, to me, there's no reason to get fixated on a battery as your main energy storage medium, to qualify as "fully electric." Even if a smaller auxiliary battery is used for transient high current demands, similar to mild hybrids.
Is some one here, just going to say NO ? OK i will, it is not going to happen, No matter how you advance the talk of this, it just isn't there, unless Cities are redesigned, and you know the mess major cities are in now. Sugar coated Baloney about Electric Cars, has to end. it will be a micro market in the car industry.
I think this is an overstatement or simply a marketing stunt, it made us talking. Yes, Elon is a genius with impressive track record, but a genius makes mistake too.
If you're after venture capital, saying things like that are not really a "mistake." Not if it gets you the money you need.
Half of cars will be electric in 15 years: This is a valid statement that I can accept. That is a long time for research, development and testing. I believe this statement.
What this guy is gambling on is that oil costs will skyrocket at sometime in the near future. I am not sure that this is the case.
When I worked in the electrical vehicle industry, albeit industrial electrical vehicles, we could start to see the beginnings of a when and not if scenario for fuel cell technology. Far easier for a company to hold a hydrogen store on site than swapping lead acid batteries for recharging.
From technology point of view there is no need of significant breakthrough to make the acceptance of electric car more viable. Put aside the 50% number for a minute and look at what is available now from Tesla.
- Model S, 160 miles range = 50 k
- Model S, 230 Miles range = 60k
- Model S, 300 Miles range = 69k
I am more on the frugal and practical side (The economics has to add up for me) I am willing to buy one of the options above for ~30k. Charge time for these is ~ 1 hour per 60 miles with the quick charge option. That is more than enough day time driving distance for me that can be charged over lunch. In my household we have 2 cars, so I can see one of the cars being electric (local driving) and the other gas (long distance)
So Elon has 15 years to increase the price/performance of his car by 50% to win me over. Mass production of the battery pack and the car itself can reduce the cost of the car by that much with no significant technology breakthrough. Only detailed hard engineering bean counting is needed.
You are looking for more range and techno breakthrough?
- Bring down the cost of carbon composites. Make the full chassis out of light weight materials.
- Move to higher voltage range to allow thinner conductors.
- Take the reduced weight and add more batteries/range.
- Add ultra caps for quick charge/discharge
- Add high efficiency solar cells everywhere to improve range and reduce electric cost
- Improve motor/weight efficiency with exotic magnets
How many of these can you improve on in 15 years?
I think the more difficult task was to make a new car company. That being almost there, the rest is following through and worrying about competition. And make no mistake the competition is there, which is good for all electric economy.
The example above can be applied to Nissan, Ford, and Toyota. All they need to do is bring the cost down and their market will explode.
Frank Eory
The flaw in your logic is that the charging time will be nearly infinite if millions of EVs have replaced gasoline & diesel-powered vehicles and the electric power generation infrastructure isn't there to charge them.
How many new power plants can be built in the next 15 years? Where will the money come from -- higher utility rates now to pay for future capacity? What fuel will those plants use? What percentage will burn coal? Natural gas? Oil? What percentage will use nuclear fission?
Dozens of these large-scale construction projects will need to start almost immediately if we expect to have the electrical energy in 15 years to charge more than half the vehicles in the U.S.
Meanwhile, they can't even get the San Onofre nuclear plant back online. The 1.5 million homes it provided power to are now drawing from other sources in the grid, and the media continues to advise southern Californians to set the thermostat higher and conserve electricity wherever possible to avoid rolling blackouts.
But go ahead and keep dreaming that in 15 years, more than half the cars in the nation will be able to simply plug in and charge a multi-kilowatt battery in a couple of hours.
The alternative to progress is not stagnation, it is extinction. As a nation We are afraid of change. We don't take risks. This logic would have stopped the use of fire. Fire kills, Burns forests, cities, and plains an ecological disaster. This logic creates a world where our decendants sit in the road picking of flies. There is no future with out risk.
What a load of crap. That is just a fantasy.
As a matter of fact I see Tesla folding. How can you make money on a factory spitting out one 70K car per day?
Duane Benson
One of the other issues is simply how much change can the buying public take at a time. The other transportation revolution underway is the drive toward autonomous vehicles. While both revolutions are well understood in this audience, in the general public, electrics get a lot more press. My assessment is that robotics are much further along and are creeping into cars without a whole lot of fanfare.
You hear about a fair number of automation components: lane departure prevention, self-parking, intelligent cruise control, but they tend to be looked as as features rather than steps on the way to fully robotic cars.
Electrics are likely not more than a decade or two behind. I say that simply because I'm very skeptical of seeing a revolution in energy density and charge time any time soon. As soon as an electric storage device that closely mimics the capabilities of a gas tank for near the same cost, the transition to electrics will start in earnest.
"Fully electric" was not defined, but one presumes he actually mean Electric Motor Motive.
The inclusion of a generator, is an option, that does not add to motive power, but does allow trade off of battery size, and weight, with range.
Meanwhile, we can expect 'stop/start' systems to slowly expand to be in nearly all models of Fuel Motive vehciles.
What has been largely ignored in the EV discussion is the definition of the vehicle itself. Conventional cars have evolved from a replacement for a horse drawn carriage into a multitude of designs to serve performance drivers, families, luxury connoisseurs, commuters and every driver in between. It seems the electric car industry is trying to build a one-size-fits-all vehicle, and trying to market it as an energy saving device which it most certainly is not.
The concept, as of now, is simply one of producing the energy elsewhere in the form of electricity to be delivered to the vehicles parking spot. It seems obvious, using the numbers in the various posts, that there is no economical energy advantage to an all electric vehicle (compared to the best diesel car), and after factoring in the ancillary costs such as component production energy, grid improvement, grid losses (which average 25% in the US), component disposal costs, there may be no economical advantage whatsoever. The only real energy savings comes from regeneration of braking energy. Nevertheless, there may be applications for all electric vehicles where their advantages outweigh their inefficiencies.
The all electric car would be successful as a small urban commuter vehicle, where the benefit of removing engine combustion products may outweigh the lack of overall efficiency and limited range. I live in the west where we measure distances in hours, not miles. The nearest Wal-Mart is 175 miles away and I routinely drive 5 hours at 60 mph and can do so with no fuel stops. A fuel stop takes less than ten minutes, including washing the windows. All electrics may never get to that point. But, why should be expect that? EVs are only one solution to the transportation problem.
Here's what Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), chairman of a congressional subcommittee on energy, had to say Thursday (July 26) about U.S. support for advanced vehicles technology:
"I am strongly supportive of advanced vehicle technologies if the government role is carefully limited, and the market matures through free enterprise and American innovation, not through the vast spending, mandates, and special tax treatment that we have today."
It's worth noting that there were few complaints when the previous administration committed millions of dollars for research on hydrogen powered vehicles.
There is much less appetite for deficit spending now, than there was during most of the previous administration, because of the out-of-control amount of deficit spending taking place since 2009.
I agree with Harris, in the sense that government should play a role funding basic research primarily, but it's really bad at picking winners and losers in the marketplace.
Lavishing taxpayers' dollars on selected companies, because their sales brochures parrot the political slogans of the administration, is never good policy. We've seen more than one example of government mantra ultimately proved questionable or even conterproductive, after people did the arithmetic. For example, the emphasis on biofuels.
The 50% electric vehicle production vs. gas engines was achieved around the early 1900s. As electric lost popularity to the more efficient gas engines, the industry back then promised that all they needed was improved battery technology...so here we are 100 years later with a negligable % of electric vehicles manufactured. 20 more years won't change that unless there is a mother of all disruptions.....no more economical oil.