hmm 8 miles doesnt seem very good at all, but then again for short trips around town but whats the charge time on that? If its 6 hours to get 8miles thats not so good
Well it is a prototype test-bed concept that is only being tested.
But its good thing to hear that work is being done on NiMH batteries instead of waiting for the Li-On batteries to be safe enough for cars(GMs Volt doesn't expect anything until the next-decade).
It turns out that Toyota could EASILY make a plugin hybrid that could go over a hundred miles on a charge... Unfortunately, the patent holder (Cobasys) of NiMH batteries refuses to allow them to produce "propulsion sized" batteries. Cobasys just happens to be involved with an oil company as well. I learned this from the link below (The Cobasys info is a page length or two down):
I was so ticked after reading all of this. Do some more digging around the web to learn more. You'll soon see that it is evident that Cobasys is being a license bully and is stifling innovation.
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brad @ Jul 25th 2007 4:02PM
hmm 8 miles doesnt seem very good at all, but then again for short trips around town but whats the charge time on that? If its 6 hours to get 8miles thats not so good
Castle @ Jul 25th 2007 8:56PM
Well it is a prototype test-bed concept that is only being tested.
But its good thing to hear that work is being done on NiMH batteries instead of waiting for the Li-On batteries to be safe enough for cars(GMs Volt doesn't expect anything until the next-decade).
AndyM @ Jul 26th 2007 9:51AM
It turns out that Toyota could EASILY make a plugin hybrid that could go over a hundred miles on a charge... Unfortunately, the patent holder (Cobasys) of NiMH batteries refuses to allow them to produce "propulsion sized" batteries. Cobasys just happens to be involved with an oil company as well. I learned this from the link below (The Cobasys info is a page length or two down):
http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/goodtoyota-badtoyota.html
I was so ticked after reading all of this. Do some more digging around the web to learn more. You'll soon see that it is evident that Cobasys is being a license bully and is stifling innovation.