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Default I know how to deal with the expense of batteries for electric cars


"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Ed Pawlowski" ha scritto nel messaggio
>> "Bobo Bonobo®" wrote in message

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>>> The biggest obstacle to affordability of cars like the Volt is the>>
>>> cost of LiIon batteries. Well, why not make a version that has only>>
>>> enough battery capacity to go 10 miles on a charge?

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>> Buy the 40 mile car and it a couple of years it will probably turn into
>> a > 10 mile car anyway.
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>> What is going to happen when all those batteries start hitting the junk
>> yards?

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> What will be any worse than the exhaust fumes of millions of cars we have
> now and the batteries that are in them now? Part of the design must be
> how to recycle what's in them. Just as it should have been for all the
> other crap we are sticking in landfills.
> I remember seeing film of people laughing at the VW when it first hit the
> US. People will not only buy well-designed new ideas, they'll end up
> loving it. The US just has to get public transport back and use it.
> Russia and China are huge, too, but they don't try to drive from one end
> to the other in a private car.
>

Few people in the US drive cross country in private cars either... most make
those long journeys by plane, train, bus. And most all the populous areas
have very convenient mass transportation. Most long distance driving is
done in sections over relatively long time periods; the traveling
salesperson is still very much alive and well... and the folks with RVs
don't barrel straight through, they meander. However, the Interstate
roadway system in the US is the most energy efficient long distance mode for
private vehicles on the planet. The only reason transportation is so much
more expensive now is because the price of fuel has risen so. Today autos
get so much better gas milage from when I first used to drive cross country,
but back then a gallon of petrol cost like14¢, in LA 10¢, and near the coast
refineries 8¢... plus double and triple Plaid/Green stamps, free steak
knives, and glassware... and free full service meant pumping gas, checking
fluid levels, washing all glass including headlamps, and free air in all
tires including the spare... and they took your money and brought you your
change, never had to get out of your car. In those days you could pull into
an Amoco station, hand the attendant a dollar bill, and like a big sport
holler fillerup! And you got 20¢ change. LOL