What about flywheel batteries? Has anyone been keeping up on them? Haven't heard anything for a while. They would be better than anything, if they could solve the shrapnel problem if they destruct. Lawrence Rhodes... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Making Batteries (was Re: new Lion battery development)
> At 09:28 AM 10/9/02, you wrote: > >Yes, we (Bill Dube' and I) have. Bill is out of the country for a few > >weeks, so he can't speak for himself. But as the racers know, you can't > >get _really_ high power betteries anymore (like the Boulder Cells). Bill > >has been in contact with several Li-Ion battery manufactures, and even > >though we have had CEOs in my basement saying "I WANT to give you > >batteries, but we can't make them fast enough yet", we still can't get our > >hands on them. > > > >Bill was willing to spend serious $ to set up facilities, but after > >talking mostly with the former big cheese electrochemist from Optima (who > >is currently making Li-Ion batteries) decided that it wasn't practical. > > I still have not given up entirely, but I am discouraged. I am not > the type that is discouraged easily. As Steve says, it appears to be a > large undertaking to "roll your own" Li-Ion cells. Not that it can't be > done, but it won't be easy. If anyone can do it, I suspect it might be > Otmar, perhaps with a little help from Bob Schniewise. > > > > > _ /| Bill "Wisenheimer" Dube' > \'o.O' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > =(___)= > U > Check out the bike -> http://www.KillaCycle.com >
