tireman63

Battery Wars

Don't give up on the lead-acid battery. It has been given a new lease on life with the Firefly unit. This is a graphite-foam electrode battery that is readily rechargeable,does not use any rare earth components, and gives far more kw per unit area that any previous lead/acid unit.

Market for Electric Vehicle Batteries Is Heating Up

nobody said a mumbling word about the Firefly graphite-foam battery. Fast recharge time, no exotic costly materials, good recyclability, higher energy density per square foot than lead-acid types, and high life expectancy. Also, many experts claim that the recharging of electric cars will mostly be done at night, when excess generating capacity exists. Mr. Ovan is on to something, and the venture capitalists are lining up as I speak