"Rob Morley" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:08:15 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:00:20 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Very interesting article about this flawed concept in Autocar this
week

There's nothing wrong with the concept, we just need better batteries.

'Any' battery that needs charging, unless charged environmentally
friendlylyly simply moves the pollution / problem elsewhere .. hence
'flawed' ...

Until you can get fuel cells with sufficient capacity at a sensible
cost, and charge then at home with solar, wind or nuclear power, hybrid
and electric vehicles are really just a way of shifting pollution out of
cities. Carting all those heavy batteries around is never going to be a
sensible solution.

Have you ever weighed a full fuel tank -£50s worth?. Per weight modern
state-of-the-art batteries pack a hell of a lot of energy. These batteries
are not available in volume yet.