Comments on: AP Exclusive: 787 grounded, but batteries can fly http://www.dailyrepublic.com/usworld/ap-exclusive-787-grounded-but-batteries-can-fly/ Solano County's Breaking News Source Fri, 24 May 2013 04:39:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rich http://www.dailyrepublic.com/usworld/ap-exclusive-787-grounded-but-batteries-can-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-1000890 Rich Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:25:36 +0000 http://www.dailyrepublic.com/?p=352232#comment-1000890 ”Father of Prius” now says its all in vain! Hybrid car pioneer and “father of the Prius” Takeshi Uchiyamada says the billions poured into developing battery electric vehicles have ultimately been in vain. “Because of its shortcomings–driving range, cost and recharging time–the electric vehicle is not a viable replacement for most conventional cars,” said Uchiyamada. “We need something entirely new.”

Uchiyamada’s comments come as the U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that the government is backing off President Barack Obama’s promise to put one million electric cars on American roads by 2015. As Brei

]]> By: Rich http://www.dailyrepublic.com/usworld/ap-exclusive-787-grounded-but-batteries-can-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-1000622 Rich Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:57:23 +0000 http://www.dailyrepublic.com/?p=352232#comment-1000622 I wonder if Toyota Prius drivers read these articles. Take a guess what’s in the back of your green car. At least you can pull over, stop and get out of your car as it melts down. Nothing worse then an electrical fire while flying. You can’t stop and get out. Remember that Swissair MD-11 electrical fire over the Bay of Fundy back in 1999?

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