On 5 Oct 2018 at 11:31, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Great batteries; but only good for a couple hundred cycles life.
I recall reading that it was more like a couple DOZEN cycles. > I think they actually achieved a range of over 1000 miles? Besides not > mentioning that using a ton of silver batteries, they neglected to > mention that the vehicle was essentially a golf cart, driven on a closed track > at low speeds for days. Right! From what I can find in my archives, it was 1043 miles, some time around 1997. I can't find the original reference at the moment, though. I'll scout around a little more. I'd forgotten about that demonstration until you mentioned it. I was actually thinking of an earlier BAT publicity stunt, in the late 1980s or early 1990s. They made a run of several hundred miles with one of their subcompact conversions, a Geo Metro, IIRC. They sidestepped questions about the battery, but some EV detective dug out purchase records that showed they'd bought a bunch of Eagle-Picher silver zinc batteries. I don't know how many EVs BAT ever really sold. From what I could see, they seemed more interested in making PR than in making EVs. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
