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- From: jdeifik@isi.edu (Jeff Deifik)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Car batteries for sale and info on electric cars
- Message-ID: <22282@venera.isi.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 19:13:15 GMT
- Sender: news@isi.edu
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute
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- Summary: expensive for electric cars
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- A friend of mine has a high performance electric car. The problem is that
- as the batteries age, the amp hour rating decreases, which means the range
- decreases. He has about 50 very high performance batteries. They weigh very
- little, are spillproof, are very vibration resistant, can be mounted in any
- orientation, and provide 800 cold cranking amps. They currently are good for
- 25 amp hours. He will provide a 2 year moneyback or free replacement warranty.
- The manufacturer has a 6 year warranty, which is voided for electric car use.
- If anyone is interested, please contact me.
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- The batteries are Optima 800S, group 24, weigh 38 lbs,
- top width 9 13/16, bottom width 9 11/16, height 7 13/16, depth 6 1/5 inches.
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- BTW the car does 0-60 in under 8 sec, has a range of over 100 miles, top speed
- around 110 depending on gearing, and was written up in autoweek in june. It
- out-performs the GM Impact (my friend did the electronics for the Impact as
- well as the Sunnyracer). In a CARB test, it went 130 miles averaging 50.1 mph.
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- He replaces the batteries about every 4k miles, because his range is reduced
- by a factor or 2. If anyone wants a motor and controller, he is selling them
- for $40k each. Prices will go down as production ramps up. No solution is in
- sight for making high performance batteries cheaper and longer lasting.
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