Trouble is that the cars are always "tomorrow" John. I've been wanting to buy for a long time, but once again the Mitsubishi i-car electric and the Smart electric have been deferred for another year, Mitsubishi admitting it's the lithium batteries causing the delay. Lithium goes back over a decade now, but year after year it's promises, promises, but always tomorrow.
I've given up, and I won't believe anything from the hype until I see a choice of realistic and practical cars on the market from the major manufacturers.
With our much smaller demands we probably will see more progress. Some in the forum are very optimistic about lithium iron, but e-bike manufacturers in partnership with the battery manufacturers have still to introduce it on well known e-bikes despite two years of researching it. The current producer and importer opinion is that lithium polymer is the best way forward at present, so showing little faith in lithium iron.
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