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Subscribe to this threadSays Rick Wagoner: Volt might come in 2010... or it might not
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Marcus @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:05PM
I knew it. Toyota said there is no technology out there to make the Volt and have it last 10 years or more like a regular car.
I guess Toyota was right. Lithium Ion loses 20% of its charge every single year.
Comeon GM are you sabotauging hybrdis like you sabotauged Turbos in the 70's and diesels in the 80's so the market gives up on them?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery#Disadvantages
Carlos @ Jan 3rd 2008 6:21PM
We should all be asking WHY the battery tech is not here yet..
In 'Who Killed the Electric Car" theres a part of the film where the owner of an industrial battery company that provided the batteries for the EV1 said that GM brokered a deal in which SHELL oil would buy out this battery company and all of its patents relating to automotive applications.
Guess what SHELL did with it - nothing!
I am not surprised that battery tech is 'not here yet' - its becuase there are very powerful forces in play stifling the technology.
simianspeedster @ Jan 3rd 2008 7:29PM
Right. Of course. A juicy conspiracy! That's the most obvious answer. It has nothing to do with physics or supply and demand.
Also, the pharmaceutical industry is sitting on a cure for all forms of cancer, but they won't release it because it would hurt their profits.
-SimianSpeedster
alex @ Jan 3rd 2008 7:41PM
marcus you're an idiot. how did you think that wikipedia would be an authoritative source on battery technology that HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET! even a psychic or tarrot card reader would be a more appropriate source to consult
John @ Jan 3rd 2008 8:01PM
So in your eyes the great Toyota has spoken so it must be the rule. Don't be stupid, we Americans usually know the ins & outs just as much as Japan does. Maybe you have not heard of the breakthrough A123systems has made with lithium batteries.
Matt @ Jan 4th 2008 1:33AM
Marcus isn't a biased, Toyota-loving dick at all.