Boeing Battery Fires Highlight Folly of Obama's Electric Car Push

Investors.com ^ | January 30, 2013 | Editorial

[cripplecreek]

....and the sale of A123 battery to China...

[jazusamo]

Exactly, that’s a real head slapper.

[rawhide]

Boeing has no choice. These batteries have to be replaced with the older more stable batteries. No choice!

[freekitty]

These guys at Boeing are suppose to be engineers. They surely would have known.

[jazusamo]

That’s correct, if they don’t this will more than likely bankrupt them.

[Carriage Hill]

[jazusamo]

Boeing up to this fiasco has had a stellar safety reputation and they knew of this lithium ion battery problem, I don’t understand this.

[FreeAtlanta]

Obama and his minions would approve of them going bankrupt.

[uncommonsense]

These things have been igniting or exploding since their inception. If they’re shorted or their internal cell walls leak, they can cause catistopic failures.

[taterjay]

Another case of doing what the boss says. Remember they did not make the move to South Carolina. They were told not to probably and also told to use batteries. All speculation on my part.

[Navy Patriot]

In fact, the battery technology necessary to make the Chevrolet Volt and the 787 viable and perform to design standards, does not yet exist.

There are research success's and indications that these batteries may eventually be constructed in a size that is necessary for the Volt or 787 to met specs, but they don't exist now.

[RedMDer]

Obama's obsession with electric cars

Freepers, your Contributions make every difference!
Please keep ‘em coming! Thank you all very much!

[Cold Heart]

I’ll bet they got some kind of feral tax credit for buying them.

[sasquatch]

I understand a replacement battery for a Tesla is 40K.
That’s about what I’ve paid for all the cars I have owned.
(and I’m an old fart.)

[Wayne07]

These things have been igniting or exploding since their inception. If they’re shorted or their internal cell walls leak, they can cause catistopic failures.

[nascarnation]

Tesla proves the “one born every minute” thesis.

My buddy’s daughter put down 5 grand deposit for one that won’t even be manufactured until 2014.

And the nearest dealer is 3 hrs away.

[BitWielder1]

Government should never mandate a particular technology.
It virtually guarantees that the price will remain high and it stifles development of better or cheaper alternatives.
If Flat Screen TVs had been made mandatory early on and everybody were entitled to them, they would still cost $10k.

[infool7]

Just as we have been forced to abandon DDT, Nuclear Energy, Freon (Foam on the Space Shuttle Main Tank) and other common sense technology for lesser and even deadly substitutes we have here, another casualty of the “progressive” agenda.

[uncommonsense]

I will add that I think the Dreamliner will be the best commercial craft ever conceived after they shake out the issues. It’s hull is made of composites that are far stronger and lighter than anything to date and it’ll save a huge amount of $’s in fuel costs. Carbon is an AMAZING compound - guess that’s why God invented it and used it to create us...