I shouldn't have put all the blame on HP as their most recent
recall of lithium batteries was only for 130,000 or so, but
earlier this year Apple recalled a similar number, and it was the
5-6th Apple lithium recall. Overseas (Japanese) recalls of lithium
batteries do not get reported here, and some companies like Dell
try to do it silently:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,161867,00.asp
Anyway the lithium battery is far from perfect, and don't be
surpirsed to see it banned altogether should these recalls
continue at this pace, or - more likely - if a lithium-ion
malfuntion on an airliner brings it down. Sooner or later a
watchdog group is going to total up the numbers, and it probably
will be in excess of a million recalled. These batteries typically
go for $125-150, so this is a big problem that is far from being
solved -
....and one wonders if LENR may not be partly to blame !!!
As of now... for automotive use.. I'm not sure I would want
anything other that the heavy-weight lead acid.
Jones
