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[QUOTE 4948238, member: 9609"]it would make cornering interesting.
Not so sure I would want 10 gallon of battery acid sloshing around above my head -
I guess they don't use lead acid batteries ? is it just tens of thousands of those batteries that they use in cameras and phones (the ones that sort of spontaneously combust or something)
I can't see me ever giving up on my diesel, I can't stand it when the wife is hoovering, imaginge having that going non stop for a 3 hour journey, would rather go on my bike.[/QUOTE]
Lithium Ion seems to be the way forward in this application, but chemistry is a fluid science, always changing and growing with innovation. But I will agree that some Prius do seem to sound like a vacuum cleaner when in electric mode, but I am sure that with sufficient cabin insulation, that noise can be abated within the vehicle. Just look at what could be done with internal combustion, and apply that to electric, and there would be a far easier task at hand.
Not so sure I would want 10 gallon of battery acid sloshing around above my head -
I guess they don't use lead acid batteries ? is it just tens of thousands of those batteries that they use in cameras and phones (the ones that sort of spontaneously combust or something)
I can't see me ever giving up on my diesel, I can't stand it when the wife is hoovering, imaginge having that going non stop for a 3 hour journey, would rather go on my bike.[/QUOTE]
Lithium Ion seems to be the way forward in this application, but chemistry is a fluid science, always changing and growing with innovation. But I will agree that some Prius do seem to sound like a vacuum cleaner when in electric mode, but I am sure that with sufficient cabin insulation, that noise can be abated within the vehicle. Just look at what could be done with internal combustion, and apply that to electric, and there would be a far easier task at hand.
