- 11 Feb 2009 13:28
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We could have had electric cars in 1930, and we could all be living comfortably in a technocratic utopia today.
However, we all know that lobbyists control everything.
Rather than charging the batteries they could be removed and swapped out using a recycling / interchange system.
However, we all know that lobbyists control everything.
Dave wrote:No, we could not have. Electric cars disappeared in the early 20th century for a reason. The best battery technology available in 1930 was the lead acid battery, and safe gel-cell lead acid batteries didn't even exist until the end of the 1940s. Charging lead acid batteries at a very high rate of power causes the batteries to degrade rapidly, and instead of lasting five years the kind of high power charging needed for a feasible electric car would shorten battery life to a few months. And high power 10 minute charging would simply destroy the battery.
Rather than charging the batteries they could be removed and swapped out using a recycling / interchange system.
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