My argument holds in town too Robin. It's OK not to be able to fast recharge
an electric bicycle because you can switch to another source of power (your
muscles) if your battery is empty on the street, not so for a purely
electric car, this is why the best we can have is ICE-electric hybrids until
we have fast recharge.
We won't have "The Really Good Battery" as Chris calls it until we have fast
recharge plus other characteristics such as acceptable lifetime, cost,
weight and volume for the required kWh value.
Michel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: "Fully Charged in About 8 Minutes"
In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Wed, 3 May 2006 01:44:02
+0200:
Hi,
[snip]
You're also right that a few hours recharge is fine at home, but this is
not
true on the road, where you will be happy not to spend several hours at
the
filling station, that's where fast recharge ability shines.
[snip]
Keep the ICE vehicles for long trips, and use the electric vehicle
for the daily commute. Most km's are traveled during the daily
commute anyway, so overall the savings would still be huge.
(Most US households are "two car families" (at least) anyway).
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/
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