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To: combjelly who wrote (406341)	8/14/2008 4:07:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) of 1575883

Well, of all the sciences, chemistry is the closest to being settled. At least for this sort of thing. It would take something radically new to get 100% or more greater capacity, and that is what is needed. The battery pack in the Volt weighs 400 pounds and costs around $10k. And it can only give 40 miles while giving performance like a regular car. Now, the design goal is 10 years until replacement. If you have shorter horizons, or deeper pockets, you can do better than that. But I don't think that is realistic for the mass market. You can only go 40 miles on a charge with a Volt? Why would someone buy that over a hybrid? It doesn't make sense.

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