Excellent, Al. I will be filling you and the rest of the FLEAA forum in with
the details of our 2 month trip this summer to promote EVs. Andrew Roddy has
kindly offered to participate in this trip. We will be happy to have his
good skills for as long as he can participate in it. It will be through the
state of FLorida, and we welcome the participation ( I mean, we REALLY need
the participation of) the FLEAA people who have knowledge, those who have
vehicles, and those who are working on EVs and those who just have an
interest in getting started.
I am working on the website. We will attach a blog so people can stay in
touch with where we are and have input, and know when we will be in their
city. I will try to get the basic info to the group this next week.
Again, congrats, Al! I, too, feel that working on the release of the
car-sized NiMH battery is crucial the the fast progress of EVs. I say, "We
can do it!" ("We" being thousand of involved EV enthusiasts and
environmentalists.) Fran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Lococo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "FLEAA Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [FLEAA] listserv Digest, Vol 8, Issue 3
> Andrew,
>
> My information is based on the following:
> ---
> Where can I buy NiMh batteroes? I don't believe they are generally
> available except in cars like the Prius. This is exactly what corporate
> oil
> wants. All this proves is motive and the desired result.
>
> In the movie, "Who Killed The Electric Car?", The chain is clear. Stan
> Ochinsky owner of Ovonics sold a 60% interest in his Company (owner of the
> patent), to GM. GM sold it to Chevron after crushing all the EV1s. Talk
> about burning your bridges. Chevron is aligned soome how with Texaco to
> form Cobasys.
>
>>From Fran we have the following:
>
> Sherry Boschert author of "The Cars That Will Recharge America" says, "ECD
> and ChevronTexaco formed an equal partnership in the spinoff battery
> company, now called Cobasys." p. 44.
>
> Hope this helps with the reason why NiMh batteries are not available.
> Without NiMh we are limited to Lead Acid. NiMh may not be the final
> answer,
> but it is way ahead of Lead.
> ---
> Who owns what is irrelevant. What is important is the result. NiMh
> Batteries are not generally available. GM ignores NiMh technology like it
> soesn't exist. They keep saying we can't mass produce Electric Vehicles
> until we have a Battery Technology breakthrough.
>
> What is the RAV4 EV? What is your car? For that matter what is my car?
> The RAV4 is a production vehicle. You car is professional conversion,
> mine
> is home conversion with a 40 mile range (equal to the Volt).
>
> What is this double speak, about battery tecchnology isn't there, yet.
> George Bush told us last week we need to drill for oil to free ourselves
> from foreign oil dependence until the Electric Car comes along to save us.
>
> In the mean time, we are, you and I, and other members are driving
> Electric
> Cars. We need to expose the facts. The extinct EV1 and the extant Rav4
> EV
> are evidence of what is possible at the leading edge of professsional
> engineering. Your E-Box is rigtht in there with them in terms of
> performance and range.
>
> Cars like mine, show that if I can do it, GM can do it. After all,
> they've
> already done it, and crushed the evidence.What is amazing is how
> successful
> my car and others like are, even without the advantage of NiMh or Lithum
> Ion
> batteries. Cars like mine will allways take a back seat to production or
> professional A/C systems. But with NiMh batteries, the DC system would
> double its range and be much more comparable to the others.
>
> Forgive me if I am preaching to the converted. You may know all of this
> already. I was prompted to respond to you remarks about the origin and
> evolution of the patent.
>
> I have attached a letter to the editor in response to a comment by Paul.
> It
> is a rewrite of an earlier email I posted. I have sanitized it and
> removed
> reference to the EAA. I will publish it in my own name. On the other
> hand,
> I would be happy to see the EAA modify it, if necessary, and approve it
> for
> release as an EAA statement.
>
> Cheers,
> Al Lococo
>
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