mlf082488 just read the article again, it explained what happened to car manufacturers who made cars getting great mpg, in order to keep oil and the ICT (the internal combustion engine) king. The question is does it apply to hybrids and EV’s too. The article also said it applies to Hybrids because they get great Mpg and would cut our dependence on oil, the middle east oil and the ICT. The article also said it applied to EVs in 1999 when no real serious attempts was made at them. And that the leading battery makers aren’t interested in great chargers that extend the life of batteries. So I would imagine they aren’t interested in great batteries doing that either. Therefore Yes, the oil companies don’t want better Mpg or technologies lessening the demands for oil, middle east oil and the ICT (the internal combustion engine). Most EV cars are falling by the way side. Hybrids are being stalled and not promoted. EFL of Canada has an advanced lithium battery that gets 200 miles per charge and has been driven each year for the last few years at the Tour de Sol in Massachusetts and wins the ward for technological and battery excellence each year. The address below gives an idea of its capability. GM/Susuki are suppose to start selling it later this year or early next year. So PWTC has already been beaten. But if Kerry doesn’t get elected don’t count on the Maya-100 selling. GM is known for shooting down and moth balling technologies that undermine oil’s and the ICT’s dominance. All that EFL’s EV car, the Maya-100, needs is to cut down the 8 hour charging time. Canada’s APS’s charger can reduce that to 1 hour. That is an hour quicker than it can do it for lead batteries. But lithium batteries are more expensive. The question is why has it taken Canada to develop these technologies. Why not Japan, the US or Western Europe? Click on Maya-100 at top right hand corner of this website. http://www.electrovaya.com/