On Nov 24, 2015, at 10:11 AM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> And of course, you have to expect that the batteries will get worse over > time. All batteries do. True in practice for today's EVs, but _not_ true as an absolute rule. Iron Edison-style batteries have functionally limitless lifespans, though they're much too heavy for use in an EV. But the fact that it's possible to make an immortal battery at all should give us hope that somebody will figure out a way to make an immortal battery that's light and small enough to be useful in an EV. It also seems that Tesla's batteries are significantly outliving their already optimistic projections. I think it's entirely reasonable to suggest that it won't be long before an EV's batteries are, for all intents and purposes, as long-lived as an ICEV's engine or transmission. When companies start offering ten-year / 100,000-mile warranties on batteries to maintain >= 80% new capacity, that's as much lifetime as they need. And it'll only keep getting better.... b& -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20151124/7c91cb7a/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
