----- Original Message -----
From: "Zell, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: Who Killed the EV?
Cold weather makes electric cars even worse. The public wants wasteful,
gas sucking monster SUV's , not dinky, "75 mile range", recharge - over
night
Toys. The lack of a Really Good Battery killed electric cars and no
conspiracy is necessary.
Find a miracle battery - and , yes, YOU WILL KILL THE OIL COMPANIES.
That miracle battery is on it's way finally! Lithium ion batteries have
sufficient power densities to deliver 300 mile per charge and can actually
recharge in 5 to 10 minutes. You know what that means? People can pull in
and recharge their EVs on the go, just like filling up the old gas tank.
That day is coming and it will kill oil when people realize how cheap
electricity is in comparisson.
When the EV-1 was introduced in 1997, wholesale gasoline was trading at 50
cents a gallon, retailing for around $1.00. Now, wholesale gasoline is
trading at $1.80 a gallon, retailing for around $2.30. See:
http://charts3.barchart.com/chart.asp?vol=Y&jav=adv&grid=Y&divd=Y&org=stk&sym=HUH6&data=H&code=BSTK&evnt=adv
Oh yes, economics are on the side of development of better EVs, if only
there were auto companies willing to show the way. Japan probably hasn't
led the way to EVs because electricity costs about 3 to 4 times as much as
electricity in the U.S., around 28 cents per kWH in Japan. That gives the
Japanese no incentive to develop an EV. A small indy American autocompany
will probably bring the first commercially available generation of EVs to
market, especially if gasoline keeps getting more expensive.
