theoretically should be able to get nearly 400 miles per charge versus the 40 miles the lithium-ion batteries currently can get…

– Don’t we already have enough possibly dangerous electro-magnetic radiation …? –

Please search http://blog.ted.com/2009/08/wireless_electr.php for an available technology, alongside http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/01/japan-plans-21-billion-solar-space-post-to-power-294000-homes/.

Theme : Addressing Range Anxieties.

1. The range of noticeable EVs are sufficient to meet the daily driving needs of more than 95% of drivers ((The vast majority of people (95%) drive less than 100/km a day, 82% of the respondents said they drive 40 miles or less a day, with an average daily driving distance of 27 miles.)).

As for long trip needs, all but Americans and many of developed nations have existing automobiles, in this regard, EVs are best suited to their daily use until the infrastructure comes into wide use. And people are already doing that.

2. The on-board IT system shows the driving radius on a maximum range display under the current state of charge and calculates if the vehicle is within range of a pre-set destination. And the navigation system points out the latest information on available charging stations within the current driving range.

3. In 21st century, home, workplace, or stores etc also serve as a charge station as electricity is everywhere. With a long extension code inside, just in case, riders can get help from almost anyplace, not to mention the stores to provide charge service, and many of EVs are equipped with a quick charger.

4. Unlike fuel price, as time goes by, the price of battery is expected to drop dramatically in the foreseeable future as with computer components, in that case, mounting additional battery might be not a problem. And the EVs that come in a range of 200 to 300 miles between charges are on fast-tract toward mass-market, as Batteries become more efficient.

5. Indian EV maker Reva said it has also set about addressing anxieties about e-car range, this fantastic wireless electricity/ “instant remote recharge” will be widely available down the line.

6. The vehicle-to-grid communication technology is helping the battery serve as a storage to prevent the costly blackout standing at about $90 to 100bn per year. That means utilities are shedding cost for additional storage facilities and ratepayers are selling electricity during peak demand so that EVs can make more economic sense, as we know. ((The cost of running the vehicle should be 1 to 2 cents per mile, compared to 10 cents or more per mile to run a gas car. Electric vehicles require little maintenance — no oil changes, for instance –. Better still, they can sell electricity or charge at the stores offering charge service.))

It is also in the best interest of electricity utilities that EVs are going mainstream, thereby they need to put in charge stands where needed around highways, major roads with card readers or cell phone tech.

7. I’m hopeful that the charge network will extend the select districts to nation-wide scale throughout the world, and this environment can usher in active private investings in EVs. And I remain confident that investing in charge stands could give rise to multiple times as much investing effect, so to speak, some billions of investing, this simple deployment, could call into the most-sought energy independence and solid recovery around the world.

Thank You !

I read a little about this revaluation in which electricity is sent over the air via micro-wave antenna or possibly satellite to recharge the car battery. Don’t we already have enough possibly dangerous electro-magnetic radiation bombarding humans via cell phones?

Radio frequency radiation from wireless technology is a little scary.Didn’t Tesla operate his electric car using this technology or did he just take solar flare energy from the air?

If it involves an instant,quick charge from an electrical outlet,that’s OK.

NiMH also has problems with heat. Their capacity is extremely diminished in higher heat environments (and somewhat in cold too). Did you know that GM specifically didn’t allow the Arizona leased EV1s to use NiMH for that very same reason…they got less range than Pb batteries!!

There is a reason why the volt will not deplete the battery down and maintains the 40% charge – acceleration. The car is pure electric driven and runs off the battery. The capacity in the battery is either is current state of charge or being recharged by the gas generator. In inefficiency of the gas generator for “on demand use” means that in high power use instances (like fast acceleration), the generator cannot convert enough gas to electricty to supply the amount of power needed for the vehicle. The remaining battery charge is left as a saftey buffer in case instant prolonged acceleration is needed (like avoiding collisions, up hill driving in the mountians, etc.). This isn’t becase Li-ions suck, its because GM designed it that way.

Li-ion is OLD technology, yes OLD. Its been around since the 1980′s when it was developed and mass market in the later 1990′s. While there is always inprovements and changes, the chemistry, make and know-how is already there, we are expanding it to larger applications (which can be a difficult feat). Looking at battery innovation, a new, better battery always happens in about 10 year cycles, which means Li-ions should be going away by this method, because they are OLD. The unique chemistry of Li-ions are why we are able to improve them with different variances, other batteries don’t have that option and are set.

Li-ions are still expensive compared to their other coherts, but capacity, weight, no memory loss, and no memory leak (NiMH are nortorious for this), and greater resilliance to extreme temperatues make this the “go-to” battery. Life cycles and price will be the only hurdles left.

Besides Li-ions other potential batteries could be used: NiZn and AgZn. NiZn batteries have less capacity and weight more than Li-ions (but still greater capacity and lighter than NiMH) but cost significantly less (cheaper than NiCd). This pricepoint could allow the batteries to jump the hurdle for the EV. AgZn have even greater power denisty than Li-ions and wieght even less. Unfortunately these cost many times more than Li-ions (which are already fighting cost). These could be used for production of top end sports cars.

Why were most of the vehicles confiscated and diliberately destroyed.Because the oil companies felt threatened by their success.

Why did GM Ovonics(owners of the Ni-Mh technology) sell the company to Chevron?And why did Chevron forbid the use of Ni-Mh batteries in all-electric vehicles(hybrids allowed).

Why did Chevron stop Toyota from producing RAV4′s with the Ni-Mh battery pack with a 30 million dollar lawsuit if the batteries were inferior.

The auto companies are trying to develop the expensive lithium ion batteries since 1996 because they weren’t allowed to go ahead with the implementation of Ni-Mh batteries.
Fourteen years later ,the oil companies are still trying to slow down the implementation of cheap dependable all-electric vehicles.

If the American people want to drive around with house sized vehicles,let them be all electric.