Rick Wagoner on Electric Vehicle Batteries

[loadi2]

Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."So i guest you'll go to hell mr. rick wagoner

[segagman]

only one billion? who's one billion? o yea mine and every one else. I think it should be more than that because that is the only way there going to be competitive. This is log overdue.

AND i want a 100mpg hybrid. if the US don't do it then someone else will .

[BallieBallBunny]

I feel like might take longer to see cars with 100 mpg in mass production.

The technology is here, but Oil companies, each has taken turn purchased varieties of NiHM and Lithium-ion patterns.

[Bucknik]

I wonder what ever happened to the nanotube batteries that were all over the news last year. Their quick-charge capability would be great for the car market.

[shizelton]

he still didn't mention how long these batteries are going to last. my dad says after three years they'll need to be replaced, at a cost of $10,000. is this right?

also, is that black casing like the black box in an airplane? will it survive a terrible crash, or rip open, or explode? what would happen to it in a crash? these are the kinds of things i don't know about L-ion batteries.

[Bucknik]

Their -goal- is a ten-year life cycle. What it turns out to be, who knows.

[shizelton]

you're right, i was thinking of the volt batteries. i still wonder how long they'll last.