Re: electric cars coming along


"Ivan" <ivan'H'older@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mrcheerful wrote:
|| johannes wrote:
||| There are now powerful electric cars with Lithium batteries, such
||| cars will feel no different form ordinary fuel powered cars.
||| However, the main problem with electric cars is the long term
||| performance of the battery, maybe only 3-5 years, that is a major
||| and costly component to replace. Compare that with a petrol/diesel
||| engine which last maybe 10-15 years. But there is now a logical
||| solution to this problem. There is an option where you can lease
||| the batteries for a monthly fee from the manufacturer. The
||| manufacturer then maintains the battery performance and
||| replaces/recycles it as necessary. Still much cheaper than buying
||| petrol/diesel fuel. I shall certainly be interested.
||| http://www.think.no/
||
|| odd really, electric cars have been around for over a hundred years,
|| yet are still not viable.


Although it's only within the last two or three years that our local milk
delivery people have switched their fleet over to diesel, I bet they're
now beginning to wonder whether they did the right thing:0)




They probably have a larger area to cover now (as less people have
deliveries) - or need a new battery.


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