You all might wanna delay huge battery investment... 
some techie has made lead plates @2 mils appearantly chemically doped 
w/ computer chip technology and with very thing fbgls separators for 
incredibly thin layers, and very low plate to plate resistance. 
 
The result is a lead acid battery that weighs one pound, but will 
still start a truck engine. we can look forward to electric cars that 
can go several hundred miles on a charge. 
 
Bolder Technologies [Wheat Ridge CO, (303) 422-8200 fax 422-8180 
PORTABLE DESIGN's jan 97 issue says they've begun construction on 
a 120K ft automated manufacturing facilty to hit full production in 
6 months for sub-C cells used in portable computers. 
 
Over the long haul, the design would need far less lead, be much
cheaper to ship and handle, and still be easy to recycle. 
 
Chrysler has powered a dodge with 600 sub-c cells, and no doubt all 
the automakers would love to abandon the structure necessary to hold 
a 40 lb conventional starting battery.  This loss of market share is 
going to drive down the price of conventional new lead batteries.
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