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From the Ted Talk by Shai Agassi: A new ecosystem for electric cars
Unscramble the Blue Letters
On a rodnam visit to Tesla on some afternoon, I actually found out that the answer comes from separating between the car ownership and the battery ownership. In a sense if you want to think about it this is the classic "batteries not indeculd." Now if you separate between the two, you could actually answer the need for a convenient car by creating a network, by creating a nrtowek before the cars show up. The network has two components in them. First component is you charge the car whenever you stop — ends up that cars are these strange beasts that drive for about two horus and park for about 22 hours. If you drive a car in the morning and drive it back in the afternoon the ratio of crgahe to drive is about a minute for a mtunie. And so the first thought that came to mind is, everywhere we park we have electric power. Now it sounds cazry. But in some pacels around the world, like Scandinavia, you already have that. If you park your car and didn't plug in the heeatr, when you come back you don't have a car. It just doesn't work.
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On a ______ visit to Tesla on some afternoon, I actually found out that the answer comes from separating between the car ownership and the battery ownership. In a sense if you want to think about it this is the classic "batteries not ________." Now if you separate between the two, you could actually answer the need for a convenient car by creating a network, by creating a _______ before the cars show up. The network has two components in them. First component is you charge the car whenever you stop — ends up that cars are these strange beasts that drive for about two _____ and park for about 22 hours. If you drive a car in the morning and drive it back in the afternoon the ratio of ______ to drive is about a minute for a ______. And so the first thought that came to mind is, everywhere we park we have electric power. Now it sounds _____. But in some ______ around the world, like Scandinavia, you already have that. If you park your car and didn't plug in the ______, when you come back you don't have a car. It just doesn't work.
Solution
- random
- hours
- minute
- charge
- included
- network
- crazy
- places
- heater
Original Text
On a random visit to Tesla on some afternoon, I actually found out that the answer comes from separating between the car ownership and the battery ownership. In a sense if you want to think about it this is the classic "batteries not included." Now if you separate between the two, you could actually answer the need for a convenient car by creating a network, by creating a network before the cars show up. The network has two components in them. First component is you charge the car whenever you stop — ends up that cars are these strange beasts that drive for about two hours and park for about 22 hours. If you drive a car in the morning and drive it back in the afternoon the ratio of charge to drive is about a minute for a minute. And so the first thought that came to mind is, everywhere we park we have electric power. Now it sounds crazy. But in some places around the world, like Scandinavia, you already have that. If you park your car and didn't plug in the heater, when you come back you don't have a car. It just doesn't work.
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