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- From: howard.smith@spacebbs.com (Howard Smith)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: error! error! error!
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- Date: 22 Nov 92 15:40:00 GMT
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- Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
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- !!!Hold the Presses!!!
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- Error! Error! Error!
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- My recent posting stating that a Joe LaStella of B.A.T. Interna-
- tional had established a world record of 450.2 miles on a single
- charge of batteries was incorrect in that the batteries were not
- lead-acid, but silver-zinc. Silver-zinc is very expensive and
- there is just not that much silver in world to power many automo-
- biles.
-
- I sat through a two hour session on electric vehicles at WESCON
- 92 in which the record was discussed, but the words "silver-zinc"
- were not mentioned, but lead-acid was implied in a sort of "bait
- and switch" tactic. At least one other reviewer, who also attend-
- ed the session, drew the same erroneous impression.
-
- Actually Mr. LaStella had made no statement before or made during
- the session as to the chemistry involved in the record, but
- without making a disclaimer switched to talking about a lead-acid
- battery they had designed and were about to market. Carelessness?
- Intentional?
-
- The information about the silver-zinc batteries came from other
- sources.
-
- My apologies to everyone!
-
- However, in the same session, a gentleman from Trojan Batteries,
- who claim to be the largest manufacturer of lead-acid batteries,
- described a new 60V battery with a reduced internal resistance by
- a factor of 43 over the standard battery, which should result in
- higher specific power, higher usable specific energy and longer
- life.
-
- hhs
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