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Live oil-free with plug-in ALL-ELECTRIC EV and powered with solar rooftop Photo-Voltaic panels.

The Toyota RAV4-EV, created in 1997 by Toyota, was killed by the Chevron-funded lawsuit (2002). Toyota voluntarily sold the last 328 the public between Mar. and Nov. 2002, but can't make or sell the battery here, all of them are operating on the original batteries.

The batteries are here, no need to wait for lithium.

NiMH is the only battery proven to last more than 100,000 miles on an EV that goes up to 80 mph and more than 100 miles on a charge for years -- perhaps decades.

GM's refusal to use NiMH or Lead to make a plug-in car shows that they are still killing the Electric car.

NiMH lasts longer and is cheaper, is non-toxic; recycles, scrap Nickel is almost all recycled while old Lithium is just thrown into the dump.
Name: Doug Korthof
Age: 66
Driving oil-free plug-in cars powered using off-peak electric paid for by on-peak electric from our solar rooftop electric system.
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Volt takes a ride in Miami
The EV1 had ranges of 110 miles (PSB lead-acid) and 140 miles (GM-ovonics NiMH). Just what about these batteries is not sufficient? You have 400 lbs. of Lithium yielding only 8 kWh of energy, enought to go 32 miles (4 miles per kWh); the EV1 had up to 26 kWh and went 6 miles per kWh. So add a range extender, or just sell the EV1! (19 hours ago)

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Isn't it symptomatic that there will be a waiting list! Have you ever heard of any OTHER car with a waiting list?? GM won't be honest, if the VOLT is actually produced, it will not be more than in tiny numbers. (19 hours ago)

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I hope you're right, but GM is a proven LIAR. If they wanted to make the VOLT (which is, after all, an EV with a 40-mile-range plus a range-extender) they could do it now. The RAV4-EV, a 100-mile-range SUV EV, could be a 100-mile-range VOLT if you add a range extender. So why is GM insisting on high-cost Lithium batteries? Lying again. (1 day ago)

There were two EV1, the lead-acid (110 miles range using PSB 1260 batteries) and the NiMH (160 miles using GM-Ovonics inferior to PEVE). It's unlikely that either cost "$80.000". GM also once claimed that each cost $1,000,000, and the whole program $1 billion. (1 day ago)

GM VOLT: hoax or PR stunt?
Why do so many paid GM posters lie about the real experience that we can see in front of us? How do they imagine anyone believes the lie that NiMH only has 200 cycles?? Wonder what they get paid to post these lies. (2 days ago)

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California Air Resources Board fails to regulate auto exhaust, fails to relate that exhaust to the refinery pollution that it makes necessary, and fails to enforce the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate.

Only oil-free cars will stop our petroleum addiction. Instead, CARB attacks backyard BBQ, wood burning, port diesel, and creates complicated regulations designed to confuse the public. These things are bad, but CARB is IGNORING THE BIG PROBLEM, petroleum, while wasting time and $300 million per year on these snipe-hunts.

When will CARB attack refineries and oil emissions? When will they stop avoiding the issue? Maybe they should hold meetings near the refineries of Wilmington, which kill kids lungs every day.
GM helped Chevron kill the EV1, and now denies that the batteries needed for a plug-in car exist. This proves they do.
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PiranhaJaw22 | July 04, 2008
interesting videos. i'm now hypermiling in my honda hx, and currently getting 63mpg. is that your daughter on top of the saturn ev1?
Dilekz | June 05, 2008
I really think like you,

But oke, we live in holland.. and we have these EU rules and Dutch rules about cars. And they are like 100 times heavier then american car rules.

We cannot place an electric motor in a regular car.
We have this weight rule.. And you as electric car expert know that electric cars weight more.. And Our rules say: The car isn't build for that weight so.. NO. And electric cars are really strange for the RDW ( the place you let your car check to be legal on the road ).

These rules make even a DC conversion really diffucult. And we can't buy a Rav4ev or an EV1. We just have no choice.. and that's what bothers me.
rumple10 | May 29, 2008
im for living oil free, after we suck everyone else dry!
Grifflisa | April 20, 2008
Great info Doug,
If someone just has the guts to steal the patent & make a proper battery, it should be done. That is simple ethics. How bad would Chevron look if the lawsuit hit mainstream media? (If) Public outcry could make the case go away, or at a minimum Chevron would sell the patent. This is America, if people stop being brainwashed by hydrogen and ethanol, we could move into th 21st century finally. And don't mind that Jimmy idiot. I have three cars. A Scion Xa, a Gen II Prius awaiting funding for plug in mods, and an 87 Buick GN (the other great car that GM killed) with 400hp for clowns like Jimmy. Of course the Buick gets the worst mpg. But how can I complain about a 400hp car that gets 24mpg. It also has fewer emission than any current GM when I run on Ethanol.
Being Green & taking money away from terrorist can be fun.
Rickdeckard2020 | April 18, 2008
Hello Doug,

Its been 10 years since the Rav4EV and EV1 were killed, but how long will the pattent Chevron is using last for anyway?

Is there an alternative way of using the chemicals of that battery (perhaps even improving on the design) that would allow a battery manufacturer to avoid being sued over this decade old pattent?
rumple10 | April 17, 2008
if we lived oil free, the trade centers would probably still be there, but the middle east would be a terrorist superpower. idk...
bjhorton2005 | April 05, 2008
Just dropping in to say keep up the good work. I think the film, (and your participation of course) has really helped with awareness. I can only pray that all this talk about for instance the "Volt" pans out. However, like you say in your youtube vids, I am not going to put much enthusiasm into it. They already have a lot of the technology available and are choosing to ignore it. It is because the money isn't in selling someone a battery as energy storage. Bush offered the money for "Hydrogen" because then the oil companies can make profit off of producing hydrogen. Maybe that is why Alan Lloyd switched to the hydrogen pipe dream, cause if it works out he could get some royalties or something. The whole thing di