Indeed there are potential safety issues that need to be addressed, however, the charging mechanisms in the Prius are pretty advanced. Part of the reason the current NiH batteries last so long (well past 150,000 miles and fully warranteed up to 100,000 miles) is that they adhere to a tight range of charge (80% to 40%). There will likely be a higher range with Li batteries to accomdate longer driving distances on batteries alone... That and Li batteries can handle deep cycling better than NiH currently can.
Should be interesting to see what they come up with to get them to pass NTSB safety tests... -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Jeff Garza's Prius 2 months later haha i will enjoy when they start putting Lithium Polymer in cars. You think Li-Poly batteries in phones go boom when they are overcharged. :) Add to that a tank of flammable gas and we can have Pinto V2 :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
