Very interesting... can you give us some numbers on the 'capacity' (5%, 50%, 99%), that is recovered and how long this is good for (1 day, 6 months, 3 years)? Will this work for all NiMH or only cells that hold a certain voltage for a certain period of time?
I have a Honda Insight that has NiMH cells and this would be great. Thanks Rush Tucson AZ > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Ross via EV > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 5:39 PM > To: David Miller; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Large Format NiMH Battery Patent Expirations? > > David, > > NiMH can recover capacity by charging and discharging to a particular protocol. The > electrode gradually grows into a surface that has less surface area and the "crystalline" > structure can be regrown into a better configuration. We have a community college in the > western part of the state that teaches mechanics how to operate the equipment and it is > fairly common to do this with Priuses and Hondas - maybe the RAV4 as well. > > The franchised shops are called The Hybrid Shop and they are affiliated with this test > equipment company: > > Automotive Research & Design > http://www.go2hev.com/home.html > > I have not used them or the equipment but I believe it has merit. > > I certainly never heard about any illegal aspects of this. I think that is incorrect. > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:54 PM, David Miller via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All! > > > > I drive a 2002 Toyota Rav4-EV. Yes, the one with > > 24 NiHM Panasonic EV-95 batteries! Patents by Cobasys, Ovonics, > > Texaco, Chevron, BASF, > > > > The pack has pushed 131 thousand miles over 13 years. It has > > dropped to around 65% original capacity. Power is similarly limited. > > > > Last year I searched extensively for replacements but discovered > > they are illegal. (See 'Who Killed the Electric Car' for details if > > you don't know already.) > > > > * But I also read again and again that **the patents were due to > > expire* *in 2013 and 2014!* > > > > Can anyone here comment on the current patent status for large > > format NiMH batteries? > > > > Will Gold Peak manufacture GP100EVHs? > > Nilar? > > EVBTech.com? > > Panasonic? > > Sanyo? > > > > Is there any reason to hope? > > > > -David Miller > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > scrubbed... > > URL: < > > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150609/bbe > > b0a57/attachment.htm > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > > > -- > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > Thomas A. Edison > <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> > > A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. > *Warren Buffet* > > Michael E. Ross > (919) 585-6737 Land > (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone > (919) 631-1451 Cell > > [email protected] > <[email protected]> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev- > evdl.org/attachments/20150609/bab8ced2/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
