Date:         Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:21:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Is this new gas saver for real?
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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Not to mention the cost of the batteries (astronomical), the fact that
they don't do well in cold weather, the fact that they only last a few
years.  I am sure none of these are factors in the failure of the
electric car:-)  It's all a big conspiracy man.  Even the laws of
physics have been bought out by the Oil Cartels!

Make a better battery and the world will beat a path to your door.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

John Bange wrote:
>> Well, Chevron-Texaco does own the patent on the NiMH battery but won't
>> license it for use in batteries large enough for use in an electric car.
>>  Toyota had a nice electric RAV4 until the patent was enforced.
>>
>>
>
> It makes a good conspiracy theory, but it's not quite true. True, Cobasys
> won't license the patent, but that's because they want people to buy THEIR
> batteries. The new Saturn hybrid uses Cobasys NiMH batteries <
> http://tinyurl.com/2e8852>. Toyota could do the same. What Toyota tried to
> do was first ignore the patent, then try to buy a license to it when their
> own NiMH batteries were ruled infringing. Cobasys is a battery manufacturer
> though, so expecting them to license their patents out to competitors is
> silly.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>
>
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