[ausev] Series Hybrid Plug In Details

[Mark Farver]

Marc Kohler wrote:
>  The battery pack's volume is 100 
> L, one-third as much as the lead-acid batteries 
> in GM's 1990s-issue electric car, the EV1. GM's 
> targeted maximum weight for the pack is 180 
> kilograms (400 pounds). 
It is interesting that they compare the LiOH specs against the Lead Acid 
EV1.  The NiMH EV1 had a battery pack of close to the same volume as the 
Lead Acid version, but got a 120 mile range.   So for 1/3 the volume, 
they get 1/3 the Range on Lithium. Lithium will look good for weight,  
but I wonder why GM is struggling with a technology they (and no other 
car manufacturer) has experience with instead of going with their 
excellent NiMH technology.  (Even sold to Texaco, I assume GM kept a 
license to the Ovoinics technology)

Mark