Battery Technology [Was: Re: short range hybrid product idea]

[poke <poke@oly.silverlink.net>]

> EVs use on the order of 300 watt-hours per mile. 10 miles thus needs
> 3000 watt-hours or 3 KWH of energy. That's about 300 lbs of lead-acid
> batteries, 200 lbs of nicads, or 150 lbs of nimh batteries.

Wow, how the heck am I going to fit 3000lbs of battery in my 1983 Honda
Civic conversion... (scratches head). NiCd is too tempermental and has a
serious memory effect last I heard, and I don't know much about NiMh. What
can I do to get 100 miles (80% dod) from my conversion without collapsing
the frame?

-Chuck


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