All we need are plug-in hybrids that get 50 miles per charge, then kick over to gasoline. That will be good enough until the new batteries come on line.
************************************************************************ Right Wing Mike http://www.cafepress.com Bigfoot Hates Obama http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/5690856 I Wish Hillary had married OJ http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/4236924 --- On Sun, 7/20/08, Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OT] VW Researcher Pours Cold Water on Electric Car Dream > To: "[email protected] >> ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 11:46 AM > An all purpose pure electric car could be decades in the > coming. The > problem seem to be battery limitations that only provide > driving ranges > of between 100 to 200 miles before the car must pulled over > for 3, 4, or > 5 hours to recharge its batteries. > > #----------------------------- > > > Volkswagen's top researcher warned Saturday, > July 19 that pure > electric cars would not became a major product for > decades, > because they continue to be thwarted by battery > technology. > > Juergen Leohold, chief research officer at Volkswagen > Group, said the > key problems were gaining adequate range, the huge cost and > a lack of > industrial capacity to make high-energy batteries. > > http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3495169,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-ger-1023-rdf > or > http://tinyurl.com/6r5dqt > > #------------------------------ > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
