Batteries are keeping electric vehicles from taking off
Enviado: 05 set 2011, 22:19
Batteries are keeping electric vehicles from taking off

Batteries for the Nissan Leaf. (Courtesy Nissan North America Inc.)
"Cost and the limited range they offer are among the issues still driving buyers to gasoline-powered cars. But experts are hopeful that innovation and cheaper prices are on the way.
August 28, 2011|By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
Unless battery technology improves dramatically, most experts doubt that electric vehicles will overtake gasoline-powered cars.
Batteries are often the most expensive component in an EV and also the most difficult part to construct. Many rely on increasingly costly rare-earth metals, pushing up the overall cost of the car."
Em: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/28 ... s-20110828

Batteries for the Nissan Leaf. (Courtesy Nissan North America Inc.)
"Cost and the limited range they offer are among the issues still driving buyers to gasoline-powered cars. But experts are hopeful that innovation and cheaper prices are on the way.
August 28, 2011|By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
Unless battery technology improves dramatically, most experts doubt that electric vehicles will overtake gasoline-powered cars.
Batteries are often the most expensive component in an EV and also the most difficult part to construct. Many rely on increasingly costly rare-earth metals, pushing up the overall cost of the car."
Em: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/28 ... s-20110828