Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 16, 2009
The acceleration was significantly better than my RAV, no doubt due to the Li-Ion battery pack weighing about 400-500 lbs less than the Toyota’s NiMH pack. This is the same with gas cars, too, but so much energy is wasted with internal combustion that most people don’t care about the loss from extra weight.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built.
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