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To: ckilmer

Fast charging long lived batteries have been in the works for over a century....

I’m telling you...there are certain limitations to storing electricity which can’t be overcome. As long as gasoline is readily available, electric cars simply won’t be economical.


146 posted on 02/27/2015 6:27:24 AM PST by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: rottndog

But companies seeking government-mandated sales and hiring people to claim it’s a good idea have a lot fewer limitations.


147 posted on 02/27/2015 6:31:41 AM PST by hlmencken3 (“I paid for an argument, but you’re just contradicting!”)
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To: rottndog

I’m telling you...there are certain limitations to storing electricity which can’t be overcome. As long as gasoline is readily available, electric cars simply won’t be economical.

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Maybe but Tesla is currently working on a giant factory in Reno Nevada which will produce batteries for his cars starting in two years that do 270 miles on a charge at half their current costs. These costs savings will help bring the cost of the next generation of Teslas into the 35k range.

They’re just using economies of scale to solve the problem rather than advanced physics.

As to chemistry/physics I don’t think it right to say that scientists have been working on batteries for 100 years without much improvement. That Tesla’s batteries can do 270 miles has to tell you something.


148 posted on 02/27/2015 6:39:20 AM PST by ckilmer (q)
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