Re: Matsushita (Panasonic) battery announcement

["Lawrence Rhodes" <bassoon@jps.net>]

This is the technology I was talking about Peter....Larry Rhodes.....
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From: Tom Hudson <tomhudson@execpc.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 11:22 PM
Subject: Matsushita (Panasonic) battery announcement


> Just saw this at http://www.calstart.org/calindex3.html
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> Tokyo, Japan - Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. announced it will be
> marketing a new low-cost, high-performance, lead-acid battery that lasts
> twice as long and gives double the power of conventional electric vehicle
> (EV) batteries, reports Kyodo News. The company begins selling the new
> batteries on July 30. Matsushita also claims the cost of recharging them
> will be about one-third of its own nickel-metal hydride battery - and they
> can be recharged from a 20-percent charge level to 80 percent in just 10
> minutes. The battery reportedly is capable of 1,000 recharging cycles, or
> about double that of today's lead-acid batteries, the company claims. The
> new batteries will be used in ''Everyday COMS,'' a tiny EV built by Araco
> Co. of Japan's Aichi Prefecture. Each of the batteries needed for an EV's
> battery pack will cost about $183 (20,000 yen) apiece. Matsushita is
> reportedly considering selling its new battery overseas, according to the
> report.
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> Anybody have any more info on this?
>
> -Tom
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> Thomas Hudson
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