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To: RetiredNow who wrote (10882)	7/8/2009 3:44:12 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Why aren't you demanding that our car companies build cars that last for 20 years, since you are demanding that EV car battery makers do the same? I think they are.. My father had a 1984 Silverado that netted him over 250,000 miles and the only maintenance problem he ever had was a carburetor problem. The only other costs were normal oil and engine belt changes. There should be no reason for today's vehicle not to get at least 100-150K miles. And I think people expect their vehicles to be servicable for that long. But the latest Li-Ion technology, which is supposed to be sold commercially next year (Chevy Volt) has little expectation of meeting those requirements. Again.. getting 180,000 miles on a Li-Ion battery is remarkable. But that's over 2 years of testing, not 7-10 years. Hawk