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Skriven 2006-09-26 13:04:36 av Adam (1:379/45)
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From: Adam <mmmmm_beer_mmmm_donuts@moes>

http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/15/technology/disruptors_eestor.biz2/index.htm

"Forget hybrids and hydrogen-powered vehicles. EEStor, a stealth company in
Cedar Park, Texas, is working on an "energy storage" device that could finally
give the internal combustion engine a run for its money -- and begin saving us
from our oil addiction. "To call it a battery discredits it," says Ian
Clifford, the CEO of Toronto-based electric car company Feel Good Cars, which
plans to incorporate EEStor's technology in vehicles by 2008.

EEStor's device is not technically a battery because no chemicals are involved.
In fact, it contains no hazardous materials whatsoever. Yet it acts like a
battery in that it stores electricity. If it works as it's supposed to, it will
charge up in five minutes and provide enough energy to drive 500 miles on about
$9 worth of electricity. At today's gas prices, covering that distance can cost
$60 or more; the EEStor device would power a car for the equivalent of about 45
cents a gallon.

And we mean power a car. "A four-passenger sedan will drive like a Ferrari,"
Clifford predicts. In contrast, his first electric car, the Zenn, which debuted
in August and is powered by a more conventional battery, can't go much faster
than a moped and takes hours to charge.

The cost of the engine itself depends on how much energy it can store; an
EEStor-powered engine with a range roughly equivalent to that of a
gasoline-powered car would cost about $5,200. That's a slight premium over the
cost of the gas engine and the other parts the device would replace -- the gas
tank, exhaust system, and drivetrain. But getting rid of the need to buy gas
should more than make up for the extra cost of an EEStor-powered car.

EEStor is tight-lipped about its device and how it manages to pack such a
punch. According to a patent issued in April, the device is made of a ceramic
powder coated with aluminum oxide and glass. A bank of these ceramic batteries
could be used at "electrical energy stations" where people on the road could
charge up."


I wonder what will happen to taxes esp VAT......power is power but power for
cars etc will be taxed at a different rate vs power for heating.....

Also I wonder if it could lead to an electricity internet i.e. where if your
car can be charged like this & if the tech becomes cheap then you could have
houses with chargers such as solar, small dams in streams etc.

Adam

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