[machinagod]

Starting by congratulating Tesla in their system, which should win some converts, but there's something bothering me with it.

An automobile network that's also owning their "refueling" network concerns me with the usual lock in concerns. What'd append when other brands want to offer the same service? A multitude of recharge posts all accross the land space each under their car brand flag? Figuring that there's only tesla and ford on this city, instead of the Nissan charging station that I need?

This particular solution seems very specific to Tesla (or even only model S), is there any standard or independent initiative for battery-exchange stations?

[gdubs]

Interestingly, the idea of a car company owning the charging station network was presented by Cringely on his column years ago. [1]

Just listened to the podcast the other day and was struck by how similar Tesla's model is to what he presented. The entire segment is around the question of "how would Steve Jobs run a car company".

1: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20081207_0055...