[Bob Buchholz]

Envia Systems' batteries are being evaluated by a number of automakers, including its largest investor General Motors, according to CEO Atul Kapadia.

General Motors: AKA The American Taxpayers

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: cutting EV battery pack prices in half in three or four years. ::

Lower cost is not what’s needed. It’s higher capacity.

[Hodar]

Say they make the most fan-tabulous battery that has ever been known to man - so what? How do they propose to charge this battery?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t we still dependant upon foreign (and generally hostile) counties for our energy needs? How about finding more efficient generators? Or developing LENR or new technologies to meet the demands for energy that are fast approaching?

Where is the research into Thorium Reactors? At least, there is something we have a high degree of confidence in seeing a return for our investment.

[Red Badger]

Its tests have also shown that its batteries perform well after 400 cycles, Kapadia said.

Well, that's sold me...........not...........

[quantim]

Do they come with fire extinguishers?

[matt04]

How long before the layoffs and/or bankruptcy?

[org.whodat]

All they need is a few billion of your tax dollars and in five or ten years they may have something.

[Jack of all Trades]

What are the chances they’re going to apply for a huge government loan, pay themselves lavish salaries, and go bankrupt?

Nah, couldn’t happen.

[babygene]

Even the lithium ion battery in your laptop is a fire hazard because of the energy density.

[pabianice]

Several pictures of Envia Motors EV Drive-train:

The White House is planning to grant the company $456M in taxpayer money for product development.

[taildragger]

I hate to get all Beckinstine on you all, but we need to research :

* Everyone on their Board
* All their "Partners"
* And how they are connected to DOE and or the Obamatons, and or their Green Soro's Allies / Organizations.

[zeestephen]

In most of today's electric vehicles, it requires at least 250 pounds of batteries to provide the energy found in one gallon of gasoline.

Did I mention it takes 8 hours to charge these electrical behemoths?

[Moonman62]

I wish I had a dollar for every promise of a better battery over the past 40 years that never happened.

[BfloGuy]

The five-year-old company today is expected to disclose technical details of its batteries which executives say could lead to cutting EV battery pack prices in half in three or four years.

And we can bring this to fruition if only the federal government will invest $500 million for the children, for women and minorities, for energy independence, for hope and change, for sustainable development, for undocumented immigrants, for voters without ID, for the children (oops, already mentioned them), for . . .

[KTM rider]

I want to believe in magic too ! Can I get a grant for a few billion ?