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To: greatplains_guy who wrote (199)	3/20/2008 8:45:17 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17382

I have been following A123 very closely since they started production of their cells. The only reason Tesla decided to go with the Japanese manufacturer was their track record of production and quality control. A123 was just too new a company to have that track record and I'm rooting for them to succeed. There are some very promising cell designs out there now being tested by other manufacturers and with just a little bit of time to back up long term reliability we should see them come on stream for electric car manufacturers. I should have clarified my comments of A123's cells. They can take a faster charge rate than the cells that are in the Tesla Roadster now but the utility and your house would be hard pressed to supply it. You would probably need a 600 amphr service drop to the house but the car charge electronics could not handle that amount of current as currently designed. For the cells to have a long lifetime we don't want to heat them up very much (on both charge and discharge cycles). regards Eric