[Patrick]

I think it's a good thing that traxxas has come out with this system, it may not affect me dirrectly yet since I don't have any true 1/10th cars (e-maxx doesn't count, because it can't use this system) and I don't intend to get any, but I do think it will help brushless/electric in general. People looking to get into rc will go to the hobby shop and when they ask what's the fastest car I can get out of the box that can drive on dirt and grass? Now they won't be told a 65mph Jato is the fastest, but a 70mph electric (not sure how reliable it will be when it's run like that though), and I think that will make people look at electric a lot differently, which can only be good for electric in general.
Most people that don't know much about rc, don't even know that brushless or lipo's exsist, so they still think electric is slow, so then they end up buying some nitro car to bash with (and maybe start racing after a while), because it can do 45mph or whatever out of the box and never even consider electric as an option. So when they're told the can do 70mph with an electric there's a chance they'll want that, and to do 70mph with the new traxxas's they going buy lipo's and have a car with brushless from the start, which is when electric starts to get really good.
So then more people are going to realise what a good electric can do, meaning more brushless and lipo customers, more products coming out for these customers to buy, and hopefully more quality stuff, at more competitive prices. Meaning electric 1/8th's out of the box will have to end up happening whether nitro guys like it or not.
I don't know how long it will take to change the way people look at electric compared to nitro (mainly people that have always assumed nitro is faster, from lack of experience with brushless and/or lipo), but if these cars and velineon system do what traxxas says, then it can only be a good thing for electric rc.