Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids. There is significant cause vs. effect debate on CO2. We have oil!

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Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

at least, the recycling infrastructure for the well-established lead-acid batteries is robust. lead-acid batteries have a far better recycling rate than even aluminum bottles — over 90% of lead-acid batteries are recycled. None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

80 miles was the range of the EV1 with Lead Acid batteries, that GM tried to use because they wanted the project to fail. You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41