Battery-like device could power electric cars<br>
CNN.com/Technology
Fri September 7, 2007
cnn.com
Excerpt:
"An Austin-based startup called EEStor promised "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries," meaning a motorist could plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500 miles roundtrip between Dallas and Houston without gasoline.
By contrast, some plug-in hybrids on the horizon would require motorists to charge their cars in a wall outlet overnight and promise only 50 miles of gasoline-free commute.
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The deal with ZENN Motor and a $3 million investment by the venture capital group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which made big-payoff early bets on companies like Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., hint that EEStor may be on the edge of a breakthrough technology, a "game changer" as Clifford put it."
This report refers to current technologies that support 50 miles between charges--charges which require overnight. These 'facts' are typically what is reported in similar articles over the years. Why hasn't the word gotten out about Ovonic NiMH range of miles between charges?? EV1 reported in Wikipedia entry ("Battery electronic vehicle") to have a range of 160 miles (also reported here ev1.org.
Ahhh here is something that reports the range for Ovonics NiMH battery over 200 mph that I was recalling ,,,
Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems Announces Award of Contract Under the FreedomCar Initiative
July 31, 2002
chevron.com
Excerpt:
"The development program currently underway at Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems is based on the fundamental inventions and pioneering work in NiMH batteries by Stanford R. Ovshinsky, President and CEO of ECD, and Ovonic Battery Company that provide the enabling technology. In 1992, Ovonic Battery Company was awarded the first contract by the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), a partnership of the big three North American automakers with funding by the Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute, to develop and demonstrate NiMH batteries for electric vehicle applications. Under the USABC program, an EV-1 (GM's all-electric vehicle) powered with Ovonic NiMH batteries was the first vehicle to achieve a range of over 220 miles on a single charge. "
So why don't we see this 220 mile range figure tossed around in news reports? Why isn't this common knowledge with finance, environmental, and general news hounds, especially after all these years? |
