Folks,
You know me, I'm skeptical. A post
from someone name Info. Is this information or propaganda?
The $300 million prize for a better
car battery is not necessary. What we need are plug-in cars, PHEVs and
BEVs. When do we need 'em, now! How do we get 'em, with the proper
incentives, properly administered.
For example, we have a $1,000 Hybrid
incentive. What does GM do they build a "Mild Hybrid" to qualify for
the incentive. That's how they compete. If the incentive were
properly administered, the "Mild Hybrid" wouldn't qualify, and they
wouldn't build it.
The government introduces a small
businesses incentive for vehicles weighing over 6,000 pounds, GM
introduces the Hummer. This incentive peaked at $125,000 in 2007.
Do incentives work, you bet they do.
The first task of the current
administration, was to dismantle incentives that favored BEVs and
Hybrids. The BEV incentive was dropped and the Hybrid research program
was converted to a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Program.
A 10,000 or $20,000 or
more incentive per vehicle would go a long way towards getting PHEVs
and BEVs on the road. Too bad the government can't do for electric
vehicles what it did for the Hummer The incentive should be ramped so
that as the population of PHEVs and BEVs increases, the incentives are
reduced. This will motivate buyers to get in early.
Too bad our candidates don't
understand the capabilities of the technologies we already have and the
power of incentives to apply these technologies to the problem at hand.
Plug in, we have the technology and
Toyota RAV4 is the proof. Not to mention the AC Propulsion, E-Box and
the Tesla roadster.
How about the AFS Trinity? This
Super capacitor PHEV is on the road.
Technology we have. Politicians who
understand the technology and the power of incentives we don't have.
Cheers,
Al Lococo
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:04 AM
Subject:
[FLEAA] McCain calls for new EV battery technology
Wow, this is great news for the EV community!. This is the first
time(in recent memory) the federal Government has step forward and
actual proposed to help the adoption of Electric Vehicles. For those
of you who have not heard the news, McCain has step forth and says that
he wants the federal government to pay "300 Million" to help develop a
new EV battery. What does mean to us? It means that the new battery
will be developed with ....wait for it....."public money".
Translated, it means that there will not be a corporation(like Chevron)
that can prevent the technology from being mass produced. Right
now it is only a proposal...but we should help encourage this kinda
solution.
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