Comments for Exxon Develops Battery For Electric Cars. Wait...WHAT!? at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 17 out of 17 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:38:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-27962 I can't help but think of IBM and the PC. Didn't they develop a pathetic little computer hoping to ward off serious competition to their mid-size computers coming up from the low end? Kind of like setting backfires. - hark Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:26:12 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-25562 [i]"Exxon is in the money making industry and electronics are a competitive market without huge profit margins compared to fossil fuels."[/i] While it is amusing when people pull numbers & ideas out of thin air, oil production has a generally moderate to low profit margin, certainly lower than consumer electronics in general. Last I checked the oil industry at large hovers around 10%... Microsoft, on the other hand as a software company, hovers around 90%. Further, I wanted to mention that *plastics* are not exclusively a "petroleum" product, but rather are made from all sorts of oils, including those synthesized from renewable sources like corn & soybeans. And while I'm tackling all the other silliness on here, to the cynic up at the top, go check snopes... - Sean Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:19:47 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-15751 July 07, 2008 My suggestions for EVs and its infrastructure originated way back in the 1970s check this site http://trillions.topcities.com/electriCar Its time for less talk...like in the old days..let's roll..!!! er'' glide..!!! check this...it dates back to the 1960s http://trillions.topcities.com/dualmodemaglev.html All the best...Jack Marchand - jack marchand Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:41:08 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-15744 Tell Daimler-Benz to check this site; http://trillions.topcities.com/electriCar - jack marchand Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:27:57 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-13512 The reason you are hearing so much about this now is because a company has already started making LI batteries for cars in China. They are rated to drive a car several hundred Kilometers and even a bus for a couple hundred K, and recharge in 10 minutes. They are using nano-technology to make a supporting structure than can take the stress. Same advantages as these batteries. - Denali Sat, 24 May 2008 19:42:13 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-13098 it is written - Pontiff Thu, 15 May 2008 07:35:33 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-10899 We going to orders electric cars, but we do not known the price and where we can buy the battery of elec-cars.Would you like to give us information? Thanks - Nguyen Vu tan Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:11:45 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-9953 I read that Chevron owns the patent for the NiMh battery - alex ziady Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:56:03 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-9756 As has been mentioned before, Exxon is now in a postion to buy up patents relative to battery technology. In the seventies, when solar saw sunnier days, oil companies bought the rights to any and all significant patents. The result: solar technology was squelched for decades. Exxon's strategy will be no different here. By now being the the battery business, they have positioned themselves to claim patents and develop such technologies slowly. Very slowly. - Guy Perrault Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:24:39 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-8440 If you, as a corporation, hate something which is good and popular, the best way to nullify that thing is to pretend that you like it! Then you join the forces advancing that hateful thing and disrupt those forces from within. That's more effective than ignoring progress or fighting progress from without. Big oil does [b]NOT[/b] like battery-powered cars. When Exxon says it's hopping on the electric band wagon, you'd better circle those wagons and KEEP Exxon OUT! - Allen Meece Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:57:51 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-8324 I just blogged about Chevron and their suprression/control of battery tech that could have hobbyists driving 200-300 mile EV's. I think this is just PR. - Dax Desai Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:35:11 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-7693 Well, not mentioned here, but in the various press releases, is that the membrane is made of... PLASTIC Which can made from... Petroleum. So, this may just be a natural part of researching where they can use their product to create profit. And if it leads to better, safer batteries, all the better for the environment. - Keith_Indy Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:04:29 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-7688 Exxon is in the money making industry and electronics are a competitive market without huge profit margins compared to fossil fuels. Don't trust them to point the way towards making us not dependent on spending a big part of our budget on energy products. Trust them to redirect and buy up those that are trying to find the way. - Ryan Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:35:11 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-7651 [i]"It will be interesting to see how these batteries stand up to the ones that GM is producing for its Volt electric vehicle"[/i] I believe GM is using batteries from A123 Sytems (the sponsors of the Killacycle) as opposed to producing their own. - Queeg Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:07:24 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-7637 Exxon isn't in the oil industry, they are in the Energy Industry. They don't care how they make money so long as they do. This is why you see them investing in various forms of energy, not just oil. - EV Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:47:31 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-7631 Call me a cynic, but I wonder how many battery technologies have been bought up and 'sat' on by the big oil suppliers? Energy is beginning to get scary - take away public money, and no private financiers on this side of the moon want to put their dough anywhere near nuclear power, oil looks scarily short in supply... and renewables... well, they make SO much sense the world is beginning to turn to the fact they are the only sensible option. I wonder how many enabling-technologies we will see start to come out of the woodwork - any energy companies sitting on old patents for technology that will save the world, better start capitalising on the quickly - because at the speed of current innovation; they'll all soon be outdated! - Gavin D. J. Harper Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:53:30 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/power-storage/1180#comment-7628 will that battery make explosion? just as the notebook battery problem? - johnisman Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:06:58 +0100