Lithium for The Electric-Echo

Lithium Ferrous Phosphate batteries may not end up being the Holy Grail of battery technology for electric vehicles but for the first time we have a battery chemistry that has the specifications to kill off most of the cons of previous technologies. LiFePO4 is safe, relatively cheap, lightweight, non-toxic AND available, nothing else comes near to matching it in all five of these areas. I plan on publishing the information I've collected about LiFePO4 on these pages, hope they help...

This is what one of the 48 cells look like from the 144V 10Ah BMI battery in the background. See how the modern battery will look more like the back of your PC rather than a couple of lumps of lead! (click to enlarge)

The E-E's got Lithium! The 144V 10Ah BMI test battery temporarily strapped in and ready for take-off... (click to enlarge)

Thanks to Don Cameron for letting me copy the great page layout of his New Beetle Conversion website.