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Old 07-07-2009, 01:05 AM
Wes Tausend Wes Tausend is offline
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Ron,

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...The range with the expensive batteries is also good, but would have to be cut due to mountain driving around here. I like the shorter recharge time.
Too bad they can't incorporate a regenerative charge back into the little guys battery like most hybrids. They charge up battery juice on the downhill to use going back up ...and nearly break even range with a car used in flat terrain. Or in the case of hybrids, you don't waste braking energy in the form of gasoline when you stop. The seldom used brake shoes last the life of the car since the regenerator mostly slows it down.

Wes

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Don,

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FYI......

" ExxonMobil and Electrovaya launch car program in Baltimore June 23, 2009
http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/...ectrovaya.aspx
Nice link. Although it makes me look mean the way I talk about the petroleum industry. There is good people there like everywhere else. And we are so lucky that U.S. gas costs as little as it does, to give credit due to Corporate America and free enterprise.

Wes

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