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We stopped doing announcements last year… it’s kinda our thing!Let's do just that. It would be wonderful. Might get an announcement too![]()
We stopped doing announcements last year… it’s kinda our thing!Let's do just that. It would be wonderful. Might get an announcement too![]()
Haha. Today today today!!!Hey Slade,
On the external wall of a pub in Yandina Qld, there is a sign that says "Free Beer Tomorrow". Is this similar to your feeling we will get an announcement tomorrow??
haha, hoping so.
F that guyI believe the person that uses the username Stickshift over at hotcrapper, right now is feeling something for sure. Anxiety I am hoping, whether to take a bar of soap or a pump soap dispenser to goal. But that is just my thoughts.
All I can say is for the actions one does that there are consequences! I hope that all are named and therefore shamed.
So you are right IMO I guess. Stickshift, STIFFSHIT!
I apologise for my recent lengthy rants about EVs, batteries and power grids. This is somewhat off topic, but as Mercedes is such a big part of discussions involving BrainChip, as well as EVs probably being a huge driver for Akida adoption (if only in the sensors), I thought it may be ok to dig a little deeper. For those who aren’t interested, you can easily scroll on by.
Yes I was suitably impressed when I first saw the Lightyear. There’s a good YouTube clip also—and in it they even mention the Mercedes EQXX. The two cars do look very similar!
I love it how they get pulled over by the police whilst making the YouTube clip.
Solar panels charging the main drive battery, combined with a super efficient drive train, very well could be the solution we need, and maybe Mercedes can follow suit and use their solar panels to charge the main battery pack. I REALLY like the idea of charging your EV from sunlight and not relying on the archaic power grid to charge it.
Being able to sell EVs to parts of the world that have no EV charging infrastructure at all, is a VERY powerful sales point.
I like their smaller battery pack. As I’ve said before, for normal family commute usage, range is NOT the most important metric for an EV. Having a battery that can handle the typical daily/weekly usage (plus contingencies) is what designers should be concentrating on. The average car is parked 95% of the time after all. It may as well be charging at the same time. Reducing the weight of the batteries is IMHO a critical consideration.
Mercedes saved weight by having their solar panels charge only the 12V system. Maybe they could reduce some weight out of their massive 100kWh battery pack and add the required circuitry to charge it from solar. Now that, IMHO, would be a positive step. But Mercedes seem hell-bent on making range records. It may even be a fixation of theirs.
One has to be impressed by the theoretical, but more realistic, claim of 12km of range, harvested from the Lightyear’s 5m2 of solar panels, in an hour of sunlight. Their solar panels do charge the main battery pack, and under certain driving conditions (like local commutes only, combined with long stints parked in direct sunlight) their claim of months between charges could conceivably be possible. With their car recharging at the theoretical max of 1kW per hour.
I do believe their solar charging ability is somewhat exaggerated though, but their claims do make for convincing marketing.
12km extra range per hour equates to approx 1kWh (using their stated best figures of 725km from their 60kWh pack) which is quite a stretch for that size Solar panel to generate. The best solar panels on the market at the moment generate 425W, under ideal light, including ideal angle of incidence, 5m2 of the industry best 425W panels (at ~1.9m2 each) will just achieve that stated generation.
Hence, although probably full of marketing hyperbole, their stated claims of months between charges is believable, and is absolutely wonderful!
Another consideration for drive efficiency is to reduce the wasted energy that is dissipated in a differential. And as I suggested in my 1985 thesis, place small electric motors at each wheel and use smarts (this is where Akida can help) to control wheel slip and assist steering. I have shared this in a previous post though, so I apologise again for rehashing old stuff. A drive on each wheel (or maybe just two of them) may well happen one day, and yes I am aware that some developers are already experimenting with this, with great success.
If I forked out the £250k price tag for a Lightyear I’d go the extra yard and get “BUZZ” number plates.
Ok champThe won’t let you know the top 20 because we are in my opinion in takeover and have been for 6mths,it’s hostile and Citigroup are now pulling the strings,tony and the rest are cowtowing to the big boys all except PVDM that’s why the 160 million votes went against him ,tony we’ll being in his position is used to kissin the big boys arses and keeping the public in the dark. Food for thought
I AGREE .... GO BRN $$$$$$$$Lets go Green today Chippers. Things are looking good.
"In court filings, Magnis and Mr Poullas demand the details of 15 hotcrapper users using pseudonyms such as Mondrian, Fritzl, Stickshift and NoAdds." lololol
Fantastic!!!
160 million votes didn't go against him.The won’t let you know the top 20 because we are in my opinion in takeover and have been for 6mths,it’s hostile and Citigroup are now pulling the strings,tony and the rest are cowtowing to the big boys all except PVDM that’s why the 160 million votes went against him ,tony we’ll being in his position is used to kissin the big boys arses and keeping the public in the dark. Food for thought
Announcements are so yesterdayWe stopped doing announcements last year… it’s kinda our thing!
We stopped doing announcements last year… it’s kinda our thing!
Is that you Tony? Just kidding,... Thanks for saying what I have been thinking too, Evermont.How about we stop bugging Tony and be a little patient. Just a suggestion.
I read a few days ago that the ACT are first on board in Oz to implement only EV's for new car purchases. Please don't hold me to it but I think by 2032ish?? I guess that's the world that needs to be. I am not by any hint of the imagination a greeny but maybe I need to be for what we realistically may end up leaving behind for our current and future generations to deal with, environmentally wise??https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-2022.1/post-111367
Very nice Sly, thats what I like about this forum, informed posts that make you take a second look and challenge your thinking
As a rev head from way back, I'm an EV skeptic and the charging time and battery range are the main issues.
Hear you re the electricity draw required to charge an EV ( which is ridiculous) ... just dont get me started on the green dream - here in Melbourne the Greens would have everyone right now driving an EV or riding a bloody bicycle.
But for a fossil fuel loving 'dinosaur' like me the Merc EQXX is the most interest I've ever had in an EV
PS Posted this just as you posted![]()
Mate, I’ve had this avatar for years, I’ve become accustomed to it.I’m really hoping it’s not our thing
BTW are you going to change your avatar now you’re outed - as there can be only one Yoda![]()
With AKIDA MKII coming soonBrainchip Holdings Ltd, the world's first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI IP.
Hundreds of companies may produce neuromorphic AI chips and IP in the future decades.
But Brainchip will always be the first.
No one will take it away from us.
GL all.
There comes a time in a listed companies growth progression whereby they are writing new business, and whilst they can’t name clients, uptick revenue is going to occur - probably more than the market realises - and they can either give revenue guidance for the coming quarter, or give nothing away and reveal all with the next 4C.
Our beloved Brainchip is one such company. If I am to believe the massive potential we have in multiple enterprises across a number of growing fields and also to understand we are a genuine market leader in a totally new concept of computation and ML, surely it would be a responsible governance declaration to inform the market of revenue guidance.
The won’t let you know the top 20 because we are in my opinion in takeover and have been for 6mths,it’s hostile and Citigroup are now pulling the strings,tony and the rest are cowtowing to the big boys all except PVDM that’s why the 160 million votes went against him ,tony we’ll being in his position is used to kissin the big boys arses and keeping the public in the dark. Food for thought