John Horner <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:qTdMe.6594$1b5.4941@trnddc05:

> Have any of these hackers crash tested their vehicles?
>
> I wonder what a rear end collision into a rear end filled with wet cell
> lead-acid batteries would do?

The guy in the article only used LA cells for initial tests;he then
switched to NiMH. Others are using Li-ion cells.

>
> Also, where exactly is the electricity for these things supposed to come
> from?

Safe,clean nuclear power plants. Time to build more of them.

> My home electric bill in the summer here in Northern California
> already is getting close to $500/month when the heat waves hit, and that
> is with solar energy taking care of all of our domestic hot water.
>
> I really do not want to buy expensive electricity from PG&E for my
> automobiles as well!

It would be a lot cheaper than buying gasoline.


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