Re: (ET) Lithiums in an E15

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 3 Nov 2010 at 22:09, Chris Zach wrote:

> Then I thought "Why not try lithium batteries in the E15?" 

Because it's a tractor.  You WANT it to have lots of mass.  This is the 
perfect application for lead batteries.

Lithium batteries are the current fad, and they have many applications, 
but 
they're not appropriate for everything.

Their major advantage is a much higher specific energy.  That'ds obviously 
useful for a road EV, but not for a tractor.  The only case I can think of 
where high SE batteries would be useful is where the tractor's mission 
requires very long run times.  Even then, an outrigger lead battery box is 
probably a more reasonable solution.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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