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![]() Larry Dighera wrote (rather quoted a comment from wired.com): http://www.wired.com/news/wiredmag/0...l?tw=rss.index The Tesla as it stands is obsolete if it doesn't use the new type batteries from Altair[**]. It will be the laughingstock of the business world if it delivers its current overly-complicated battery system, with its computers and sensors and HVAC system. Larry, just BTW, the Altair Nano batteries this guy is going on don't pass the sniff test very well... Tesla isn't using them because Tesla wants to ship cars sometime this decade. Altair claims that WRT conventional graphite electrode lithium-ion batteries, their TiO nano-granule electrode lithium-ion batteries have 3X the energy density, 60X the max charge rate, and 10X the charge-cycle lifetime. If these batteries actually existed in a form that would allow Tesla to ship 200 cars this year, you would think that every single cell phone and laptop in the universe would be running on them, wouldn't you? I mean, *I* want my cell phone charge to last 2 weeks instead of 5 days, *I* want to be able to charge my laptop in 1 minute, and then have it last through an entire 8-hour flight, *I* want my cell phone battery to last longer than the phone instead of having to replace the battery after 18 months. But yet I can't go to batteries.com and buy one of these wonderful batteries that Tesla is so stupid for not using. I think there *might* be a reason for that. :-) BTW, this press release: http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/12...-phoenix-moto/ seems to indicate that Altair's entire production volume of batteries to date is 10 35kWh battery packs for $750,000. It apparently took 30 days (well, that includes Christmas) to deliver all 10 battery packs. I hope Altair and Phoenix are fabulously successful, but there is good reason for skepticism. -Jay- |
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