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Old 10-12-2008, 08:21 PM   #21 (permalink)
Christopher Jordan
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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post

The original EV1 and my car both run off lead-acid batteries. As does a Plug-in converted Prius I saw a few weeks ago. So did cars built 100 years ago, when they outnumbered gasoline vehicles. The batteries we have now are perfectly acceptable for moving around vehicles.
My 'EL' ran on specialty batteries- owners manual warnings and the useful warrantee violation and all the scare tactics; but now it violated every warning- an oversize computer case with who-knows-what chargers, all nicely re-wired to 4 Die Hard lead-acid batteries. So much for waiting until technology is here!

Interestingly, I read in an article that Warren Buffett invested something like $12. to China for an EV. I am glad that people other than me don't wait!

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