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Technology Stocks : Energy Conversion Devices
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To: Krowbar who wrote (7206)4/3/2003 11:22:36 AM
From: Ray  Read Replies (2) of 8393
 
Del, here is another very interesting quote from that EV World news article:

"Amidst the debates over pathways and gold, silver and bronze standards, what also became clear is that several ARB members are more than intrigued with the concept of plug-in hybrids, so much so that they pretty much insisted that ARB's staff do everything they could to encourage, through incentives within the mandate's credit system, carmakers to take the concept seriously. While carmakers have been less than enthusiastic about hybrids that derive 20-60 miles of range from their battery packs -- for both technical and cost reasons -- Toyota's Dave Hermance acknowledged at the conclusion of his testimony on the first day that given enough incentive carmakers might be willing to offer the market such a vehicle. "

This is a good juncture to remember that ECD has a patent on plug-in hybrids (yes, the whole vehicle!) that use special NiMH batteries designed for a high-level of both power-capability and energy-storage. These batteries would be, I think, something like three times larger than the usual full-hybrid HEV batteries and something like three times smaller than a BEV battery pack. My guess is that plug-in hybrids would have a lot of appeal to many people. In addition to providing for occasional long trips, such a vehicle would be much more suitable than a regular HEV for those -- like me -- who live in mountainous country and need prolonged hill-climbing capability.
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