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To: RetiredNow who wrote (68312)	7/28/2005 3:16:47 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 77400

MM Actually the Prius has a fairly small battery. The car is designed to recapture most of the braking energy and provide acceleration in addition to the gas motor.. It was never meant to be a "true electric vehicle" but I know some folks who are adding to the existing batteries to give it a range of about 100 miles in city driving. I do like their technology and they are trying to fill a nitch for the "city driver". The big weak link in E vehicles is battery capacity. Everything else is pretty mature at this point. (controllers, chargers, electric motors, ect) Now.... the folks who develop a high capacity, lightweight battery........... Need I say rich!!