<VV> Electric Corvairs

[FrankCB at aol.com]

How will "they" be able to add road taxes to your electric bill since lots  
of people will be using NO electricity for car usage?  At least with  
gasoline, almost ALL of it is used to power vehicles for road use.   However, it 
will take separate meters to differentiate electricity that is used  for 
vehicle use from electricity used to power electric heaters, A/C,  dishwashers, 
refrigerators, dryers, et al.
 
If lithium-ion batteries are so long lived, then why do the ones we use in  
our laptops die out after 4 or 5 years?  The first one I got with my Dell  
lasted a little over 4 years and the second one is already down almost 40% 
in  capacity after about 3 years of use.  My usage is primarily plugged into  
120 volts AC with only very occasional use on only the Li-ion battery.
What aging experience do the rest of you get with the Li-ion batteries in  
your laptops??????????
 
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ
 
 
In a message dated 11/30/2011 10:31:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kcvair at hotmail.com writes:

From:  chaz at properproper.com
> To: jvhroberts at aol.com; dcastiaux at aol.com;  virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:57:30 -0800
>  Subject: <VV> Electric Corvairs
> 
> Whatever happened to  the electric Corvair that someone built ?
> 
> What is the part of  gas price that goes to road taxes, that will 
eventually
> be added to  your electric bill ?
> I could probably get this from a gas pump, but  maybe someone can save me 
a
> trip to read it there ;>})? 
>  
> Thanks
> Charlie
> 
> 
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>  [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of  
jvhroberts at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:38 AM
>  To: dcastiaux at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re:  <VV> Electric Vehicles (little Corvair)
> 
> 
>  
> 1. They've moved on from NiHM batteries to Li-ion. 
> 2. Your  experience with failed batteries is unusual. I know of someone 
with
> a  2000 Insight with 500,000 miles on it now with the original battery,  
and
> the dealer says they've only had to replace one battery on all the  hybrid
> Hondas they've sold. 
> 3. My best guess is when these  get old, there'll be plenty of used 
batteries
> available, since by and  large, they'll outlast the cars. 
> 
> 
> 
> John  Roberts