On 9/14/2012 9:24 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 9/14/2012 8:06 AM, JustWait wrote:
On 9/14/2012 8:02 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:19:34 -0400, BAR wrote:

Electric cars have not advanced in 100 years.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/evtech.shtml

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That's not entirely true.

Battery technology has advanced a lot, and the Volt is a much more
comfortable, faster, safer and luxurious car than anything that
existed 100 years ago. I'd buy one now if the price was more in
line.

Remind me to post a picture of my neighbors electric boat one of
these
days. It looks better and better every time the price of fuel
goes
up.

But that's not what FOX told him....

What advances in batteries have we made in the last 100 years?

Reduced weight, higher power. Think Li. Carbon based nanotube
ultracapacitors, and on and on.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news...ecent-battery-

advances/

http://www.technologyreview.com/news...ies-charge-up/



I've heard it all before. I know all about charging and discharging
cycles and issues.

The materials may have improved but, the basic battery is still the
same. You charge it, you discharge it, you charge it and the cycle
keeps
repeating until the battery wears out.

That's like saying that automobiles are the same as they were when
Henry
first built one. Hey, the still have internal combustion engines, so
using your analogy, they must still be the same!

What has changed in an internal combustion automobile in the last 100
years?


Fuel delivery... Turbo's, fuel injection...

Same old engine with a few refinements.

Yup, the "technologoy" hasn't changed, but then again, it came in
viable.... New technology isn't always better technology, if so,
doctors would have fuel injected Leeches in jars on their shelves