hello EV folks
>Chip Gribben wrote >In respect to the Th!nk. Its obvious from this guy Ford had concerns with >the NiCd batteries I've read somewhere on a german EV website that NICADS will be banned in Europe from 2005 ? on. As Norway is still more environmentilly concerned it is a very BASIC PROBLEM for them. the same problem with Saft nicads and peugeot citroen EV cars. I've seen the think in the Brussels car exposition. There was no interest from the public. I only visit those expositions for EV.It was however not possible to get much info on the stand. Later they sent me some doc.The nicad problem arose to me immediately when I heard about them using these batteries.I am constructing battery boxes for downgrading nicad to lead haha? IN USA you'are stuck with lead & series drive. In europe we are stuck with sepex & nicads. Japanese try to get the nimh batteries price down by using them in non grid chargeble hybrids It seems that we have to wait for the chinese Evercells. >I wouldn't bar him from the Th!nk list. Let him join and most of us will be >able to read between the lines on what he says. It seems to me that freedom of expression was in your basic law of the founding fathers. Such a censorship would incite me to unsubscribe any list immediately. greetings
