Topic: Lithium-Battery Cars May Deliver 300 Miles Per Charge

[sleepypedro]

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Lithium-Battery Cars May Deliver 300 Miles Per Charge

POSTED: 1:28 pm EDT April 25, 2006
UPDATED: 3:15 pm EDT April 25, 2006

A company may soon offer American motorists a new option to save on high gas prices -- vehicles powered by lithium batteries, according to a Local 6 News report.

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"The kind (of batteries) that power your cell phone may power your car in the future," Local 6's Jacquie Sosa reported.

A full version of a lithium-powered vehicle will be sold by Hybrid Technologies.

"Just plug in these cars for about five hours or so and you'll get about 300 miles on a single charge," Sosa said.

The cars can travel up to 100 mph, according to the report.

The vehicles cost about $35,000 or about double what buyers would pay for a gas-powered model.

Richard Griffiths is the driving force behind Hybrid Technologies' effort to make practical lithium-powered electric vehicles.

"We can take basically any vehicle and adapt it to fit, we basically can take any model and put a lithium motor, and so it really comes down to what the market is looking for," Griffiths said

Hybrid Technologies is the only U.S. company that sells the lithium-powered cars, the Local 6 News report said.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.


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[spyder9]

Nice.  Definitely a move in the right direction.

I winder what size the battery(s) will be.  Could I carry fully charged spares and are they hot swappable?  5 hours is too much down time when on vacation with your vehicle.    What if I drove to Bonnaroo?  I have to leave my car at a battery station, hitch the rest of the way in?  Just some random thoughts.