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Article #4052Re: 12 States May Adopt CA Standards
From: James G. Acker
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 17:13
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 17:13
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Ted Holden (medved@access3.digex.net) wrote: : In article <2h65su$sme@skates.gsfc.nasa.gov>, : David Graham <dave@gyrfalcon.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote: : : not into EV's for < 5K dollars. THAT I suspect, the average driver in : the DC area might buy into. Good also would be avoiding the lead-acid : batteries which GM is still using and go with the newer battery compounds : being used in laptop PC's. It's a good idea, but... I read that the developers of the Impact wanted two things -- something that could keep up on the highway and something that would be quote "affordable" unquote. Only by using conventional lead-acid batteries could they pull off an electric car for under $30,000. The more advanced batteries cost too much! They're not bad for the power requirements of a PC, where you only need one, but for a car, pretty expensive. =============================================== | James G. Acker | | REPLY TO: jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov | =============================================== All comments are the personal opinion of the writer and do not constitute policy and/or opinion of government or corporate entities.
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