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Chevy Volt: How It Stacks Up

Personally, I don't think the first versions of these products are going to be big sellers. They're trailblazer products that will be the future of automaking. Electric vehicles will need a better battery to be viable. Lithium phosphate will deliver that I believe and it is waiting in the wings. A little more development and it will be ready for prime time. It's already used in some fancy power tools.

Cash for Clunkers May Cost Up to $45,354 Per Vehicle

This is bunk since reports are that the program has already met it's target in a few days rather than a few months.

Li-ion Batteries: A Speculative Field of Dreams

You are such a partisan with an ax to grind it's ridiculous. Look, nimh and especially lead acid don't have the necessary specific energy to do the job in a full electric automobile. AKA: they're too heavy. That's all there is to it. Lithium ion lifetime is inadequate right now but lithium iron phosphate will bring sufficient duty cycle to do the job of powering an electric car. It's not complicated people. Do your research.