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Originally Posted by Nader
Can't believe that electrics will rely on the current battery technology. Things are developing too fast, getting better and better, quickly. Just in the last 15 years they have gone from NiCad to NiMH to LiIon/LiFeSO. What's next? Super-capacitors instead of batteries altogether? Regardless, electric motors will be the propulsion.
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Battery tech is developing too fast?
c'mon. Energy densities of batteries (when you add all of the cooling and controls) have been stagnant over the decades. Just look at the 787... they wanted the lightest batteries they could get... the highest of high tech control systems and cooling wrapped up in a fire box and.... weighs just the same as if they used lead acid.
You can pretend that electric cars are all that, but reality will get in the way.
You want to accelerate hard? hope you don't care about range or longevity of the battery pack. Need a heater or AC? there goes range. Charging is cheap, and s l o w . . . But at least the car is expensive.