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Old 11-15-2007, 12:38 PM
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Wink Re: GM sees 'showdown' with Toyota on electric car

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The issue that has to be managed with Li-Ion is dealing with the heat generated from the chemical reaction. That's what has Toyota backing off for now.
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I've been following the developments in Electronic Design News and Design News and that is a hard problem to solve. There have been a lot of announcements but the plastic separator and quality production remains a hard problem. Still, I wish the GM team good luck regardless of which technologies are used.

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