The best battery technology available for hybrids is lithium ion rechargeable batteries. No one bothered to check that the total amount of lithium mined each year in the world will support the manufacturing of enough battery packs to support 60,000 vehicles annually. That is assuming none will be available for other lithium ion battery users such as cellphones, laptop computers and other consumer electronics. It would also mean our DoD will not have lithium sulfur dioxide throwaway batteries constantly used by our soldiers to keep weight down and operate in extreme cold temperatures where battery chargers/AC is not gauranteed to be available. Technologists tend to not grasp the concept of logistics and commodity data in their business models. That is why many green technologies fail to come to fruition or mass production.
Bingo. Also, Lithium mining and processing aren’t exactly “green” activities.
bump for later use as ammunition. Thanks.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to drive into a fuel station and swap the battery for a fully charged battery? Why wait three hours for a charge when you could exchange in a few minutes?