Who killed the electric car

The lead acid battery! The first electric cars had been in the time of the wild west. The quality of lead acid batteries brought them an undeserved end.






  Today like 120 years ago
120 years ago had been no internet and no discussion forums. So we do not know all the details about the problems of the first electric cars with lead acid batteries. This does not matter! You can read in discussion forums about electric vehicles with lead acid batteries all this experiences. Exactly the same could have been posted 120 years ago.

  Internal combusion engine and lead acid battery
Compare an ICE from 1909 and 2009. There are much differences. Compare a lead acid battery from 1909 and 2009. This is called in biology a "Living fossil".



  Lead acid battery: discontinued model like the tube
The tube had been replaced by the transistor. We just experience the replacement of the picture tube by flat screens. The next discontinued model is the lead acid battery.

Development stop at the ICE internal combustion engine
After the lead acid battery killed the first electric cars, they had for a century in cars with internal combustion engines an insignificant secondary role as SLI battery.
More comfort brings breakdowns
More comfprt brings more electric consumption in the car. The statistic of breakdowns shows that the lead acid battery is overstrained with this, more and more breakdowns are cause by the SLI battery.
Electric scooter: the 2000 km question
Every good dealer will ask You at the consultation: how many km a year do You drive per year. At more than 2000km a year, he will recommend lithium batteries.
Fall in prices at tube televisions Fall in prices at tube televisions
Who had thought, 20 years ago, a 55cm color television will be for 99,90 EUR as a fast moving consumer good in a supermarket. How can a producer earn money with this?


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