Comments on: Batteries http://www.dannyscontentment.net/2006/10/batteries/ Electric Car Videoblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim http://www.dannyscontentment.net/2006/10/batteries/#comment-71 Tim Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:47:33 +0000 http://www.dannyscontentment.net/?p=47#comment-71 One of the problems with exchanging batteries at filling stations is that they degrade with age. Who'd want to exchange their £1,200 of new batteries for a life-expired old set? You'd probably need some sort of battery leasing scheme. You'd also need a lot more battery sets around so that you could be sure that the garage would always have a new set charged and ready for you, so overall costs would be higher than just having 1 set per car. One of the problems with exchanging batteries at filling stations is that they degrade with age. Who’d want to exchange their £1,200 of new batteries for a life-expired old set? You’d probably need some sort of battery leasing scheme.

You’d also need a lot more battery sets around so that you could be sure that the garage would always have a new set charged and ready for you, so overall costs would be higher than just having 1 set per car.

]]> By: Barry Beatmaster http://www.dannyscontentment.net/2006/10/batteries/#comment-70 Barry Beatmaster Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:08:34 +0000 http://www.dannyscontentment.net/?p=47#comment-70 that "filling stations exchanging batteries of electric cars" ideas is EXACTLY like the one in my old Usborne kids science book on Electricity- it dated back to the 70's. the new battery slid into a compartment under the car, and the spent one slid out the other side. the Usborne Future cities book also had some interesting predictions of the future- 2 visions of a city in 2010 or so- with petrol cars/diesel trucks + kerosene airliners, and with electric vehicles/underground pipelines + hydrogen airliners. that “filling stations exchanging batteries of electric cars” ideas is EXACTLY like the one in my old Usborne kids science book on Electricity- it dated back to the 70’s.

the new battery slid into a compartment under the car, and the spent one slid out the other side.

the Usborne Future cities book also had some interesting predictions of the future- 2 visions of a city in 2010 or so- with petrol cars/diesel trucks + kerosene airliners, and with electric vehicles/underground pipelines + hydrogen airliners.

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