[usconservative]

There will be some who fight against electric vehicles, right up to the day they buy one.

Takehisa Yaegashi, the inventor of the Toyota Prius recently said that battery technology and electric/hybird vehicles had reached their technology capabilities and that he expected new advances in gasoline/diesel technologies to surpass the mileage that electric/hybrid vehicles could reach.

So the father of the hybrid vehicle now admits that electric/hybrid vehicles are destined to fail and not reach mainstream acceptance.

[usconservative]

The last major advance in battery technology was more than 25 years ago. That was the invention of the Lithium ion battery. Unless a new major breakthrough comes along that enables high voltage/high energy batteries used to propel electric vehicles comes along, we're sure to see the end of electric vehicles.

This country needs a "manhattan project" to create the next new battery technology if we're ever to get to electric vehicles. (And I know a few people at Argonne National Labs, 30 minutes from my home doing just that. Even they say it'll take years, perhaps decades to achieve.)

[dragnet2]

Takehisa Yaegashi, the inventor of the Toyota Prius recently said that battery technology had reached their technology capabilities

Bull cheet...

[Revolting cat!]

Takehisa Yaegashi, the inventor of the Toyota Prius recently said that battery technology and electric/hybird vehicles had reached their technology capabilities and that he expected new advances in gasoline/diesel technologies to surpass the mileage that electric/hybrid vehicles could reac

Hear the sound of the crickets from the U.S. media about this statement which is pretty radical considering the gummint policies, subsidies and propaganda. Nissan as well as Toyota have said "Sayonara" to the hybrid nonsense. Maybe Yugo will pick up the ball to satisfy the lone enthusiast above.

[ThomasThomas]

Bill Gate

“640K should be enough for anybody”

Takehisa Yaegashi, the inventor of the Toyota Prius recently said

battery technology and electric/hybird vehicles had reached their technology capabilities