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David said> ... Ovshinsky's cashing out to GM ... < https://www.google.com/search?q=nimh+ovshinsky+sold+gm ... Ovshinsky ... decision to sell to GM had been naive ... Long before the internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#Rise_of_the_global_Internet_(late_1980s/early_1990s_onward) I would read through tons of paper media on Ovshinsky's efforts to make Ovonic (NiMH baterry) a success. I differ from Willie, IMO, ALL automakers & oil/fossil were in cahoots to maintain their incessant ice profit orgy (not just GM, though they are the worst). (section of Willie's page link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries#General_Motors_and_the_US_Auto_Battery_Consortium ... Ovshinsky stated that in the early 1990s, the auto industry created the US Auto Battery Consortium (USABC) to stifle the development of electric vehicle technology by preventing the dissemination of knowledge about Ovshinky's battery-related patents to the public through the California Air Resources Board (CARB). According to Ovshinsky, the auto industry falsely suggested that NiMH technology was not yet ready for widespread use in road cars. Members of the USABC, including General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, threatened to take legal action against Ovshinsky if he continued to promote NiMH's potential for use in BEVs, and if he continued to lend test batteries to Solectria, a start-up electric vehicle maker that was not part of the USABC. The Big Three car companies argued that his behavior violated their exclusive rights to the battery technology, because they had matched a federal government grant given to Ovonics to develop NiMH technology. Critics argue that the Big Three were more interested in convincing CARB members that electric vehicles were not technologically and commercially viable. In 1994, General Motors acquired a controlling interest in Ovonics's battery development and manufacture, including patents controlling the manufacture of large NiMH batteries. The original intent of the equity alliance was to develop NiMH batteries for GM's EV1 BEV. Sales of GM-Ovonics batteries were later taken over by GM manager and critic of CARB John Williams, leading Ovshinsky to wonder whether his decision to sell to GM had been naive. The EV1 program was shut down by GM before the new NiMH battery could be commercialized, despite field tests that indicated the Ovonics battery extended the EV1's range to over 150 miles ... Darryl cynicism is warranted. Though we (the public) can't do much about it, we should keep our eye of those fat-profit-takers, and scream bloody murder (on the internet) when they step out of line. For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
