We're on a treadmill, I reckon - GreenHybrid

SretiCentV · #1 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 06:15 PM

http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/...batteries.html

You always read about progress but the horizon never moves.

Please correct me, I need the lift.

Tim · #2 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 06:38 PM

Oh, the treadmill goes back farther than that...

http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/b...37.html?page=1

This from 1971...suppose that wasn't much of a lift.

clett · #3 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SretiCentV

Please correct me, I need the lift.

The batteries needed to change the world are already here.

http://www.valence.com/SafetyVideo.asp

http://www.a123systems.com/html/technology.html

The only remaining issue is cost, and that is soon to be sorted out by the imminent invasion of cheap, Chinese lithium-powered EVs.

It's not as gloomy as it sounds! The cost of lithium in automotive use is tumbling as we speak. Last year, a 250 mile range EV costed $550,000. This one costs $80,000. That's a 7-fold reduction in cost in one year!

SretiCentV · #4 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by clett

The batteries needed to change the world are already here.

http://www.valence.com/SafetyVideo.asp

http://www.a123systems.com/html/technology.html

The only remaining issue is cost, and that is soon to be sorted out by the imminent invasion of cheap, Chinese lithium-powered EVs.

It's not as gloomy as it sounds! The cost of lithium in automotive use is tumbling as we speak. Last year, a 250 mile range EV costed $550,000. This one costs $80,000. That's a 7-fold reduction in cost in one year!

I'll buy the $80k car if actually comes out. I really don't think it will though.

stevejust · #5 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 07:45 PM

Watch the video of it here: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...ideo#more-3296