Re: Are existing batteries adequate for hybrid vehicles?
From: Angelo Campanella (a.campanella_at_att.net)
Date: 06/06/04
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Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 15:15:57 GMT
Damon Hill wrote:
> http://www.railpower.com
> This hybrid railroad switching locomotive is supposed to get up to a
> ten year battery life, but it is designed to keep the cells charged
> above a 80% level at all times and by the huge bank of battery cells
> employed in this case. Obviously that's impractical in a car.
Note that a switching locomotive ("the little engine that could") task
is to be tug.. big force in a small package, traveling short distances.
To prevent wheel slippage, it has to carry a lot of weighty ballast, so
why not inorganic batteries! The shoe fits, but it hardly fits the
template of the family sedan or junior's runabout.
Angelo Campanella
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