[ausev] Batteries

[gregmckay at aol.com]

Gil,



Those Rav4EV owners are lucky.? I am in a couple of groups that have a number of Rav4EV owners, and they are daily drivers and do have more than 100k on them with no problems.



What kind of truck do you have?? I have an S-10E that I will be switching from Pba to NiMH later this year.



Greg in Austin


-----Original Message-----
From: Gil Dawson <Gil at Gil.Dawson.name>
To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev at austinev.org>
Sent: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 1:23 pm
Subject: [ausev] Batteries




All this  advice on batteries and discharging, sulfation and stuff 
applies to Lead-Acid batteries.  Does this advice apply to the newer 
chemistries, Nickle-Metal-Hydride and Lithium-Ion?

I had to replace the 26 Lead-Acid batteries in my truck with 26 NiMH 
ones at 16,000 miles.  Couldn't get new ones, so got some used ones 
with probably 30,000 miles alraedy on them.  I'm up to 27,000 and see 
no sag in performance yet.  Those lucky Rav4EV drivers who got to buy 
their cars must be pushing 150,000 miles now, some, at least, with 
the original NiMH batteries, as far as I know.  Anyone hear different?

--Gil9
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