March '12 Luncheon - James Wagoner '07 - Idaho

James Wagoner '07 - Idaho

James Wagoner ’07 – Idaho  James put on his entrepreneur hat and reminded us that our gas driven cars have a battery.  When our car battery runs low, we have two choices – charge it up or replace it.  While working with electric vehicles, James and his team made the same observation .  When an electric car’s batteries run low, you can spend 6-8 hours re-charging the batteries.  Or you could remove the dead batteries and replace them with fully charged batteries.  If you are on the road in your electric car, the idea of a short stop to get fully charged batteries in minutes is time efficient.  


James explained how the new battery technologies now make it possible to remove and replace the batteries in a car in about the time it would take to fill a tank of gas.  As a result the cars would no longer be out-of-service while being re-charged for hours.  It was an interesting concept that got the luncheon group active with questions and more questions.  James provided us with one of the more thought-provoking luncheons in some time.  


If you have questions, you can reach James at james.wagoner3@gmail.com  


And a tip of the hat to James' fellow Idaho grads at the luncheon:  Craig Schoenberg ’07 and Tony Johnson ‘05