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To: Don Devlin who wrote (2744)	12/6/1998 12:51:00 PM
From: Allen Bucholski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

Don, that is great news in fact its the best news I heard in a while. It means (to me) that GM could be getting a handle on the cost of their. future EV's. I know that Ford Ranger was not using Ovonic NiMH batteries but I could not get any written information from Fords site or my old news stories. Futurist, I did find information that Chrysler is using Shaft NiMH batteries in their Epic van. (EV News ,September 1998 magazine.) Only Nissan of the top six auto manufactures has picked lithium ion batteries range of 120 miles. (Auto news September 1998 by David Sedgwick.) August 3,1998 Automotive News Under Saturn heading states States $10,000 per battery pack. "GM hopes to get cost down to about $7,000 per pack by offering abroad range of vehicles equipped with the batteries. " My latest EV News issue Nov. 1998 Tells me that VARTA a major German battery manufacturer is giving special priority to its NiMH technology now. It also states that Lit -ion may prove superior three to five years from now with projected specific energy of 170Wh/kg compared with 105Wh/kg for NiMh by then.(The credit for news goes to Lew Gulick And Special Correspondent Don McGath.) Allen