quote:Originally posted by Chuck Norris:quote:Originally posted by seeweed:
In fact , we don't even lead the world in battery research for electric cars. WHY NOT ?
Physics.
High-quality batteries store only 1% as much energy as gasoline, pound for pound. Cheap lead-acid batteries store 1/1000 as much.
Seems like an opportunity for a great deal of improvement battery research and development.
We should be doing this here and not in the Orient.