Show 2E Standard-Examin- Sunday July 12 1981 er IpIIEIil Electric ears still stalled Sim lab c By JOHN HOLUSHA 1981 NY Times News Service DETROIT — The president of the Ford Motor Co thought he had a development important enough to call a news conference The company’s researchers he had achieved a breakt- an-nounc- ed hrough in advanced battery technology that would make mass production of electric cars feasible within five to ten years That was in 1966 The first car has yet to appear in a dealer’s showroom and Ford officials say the sodium sulfur battery that Arjay Miller 15 hailed so proudly years ago is still stalled in the laboratory Ford’s false start is a typical episode in power train research is the weak link zinc-nickel-oxi- We’re still looking for tember 1979 GM executives now say the battery needs provement before com- e pete with conventionhigh-mileag- the world ally powered subcom- largest automobile is company on a two-passeng- er electric car and an electrically powered van The company says it hopes to bring one of these vehicles to market by the middle of this decade but executives have back- ed away from the prediction by the company’s former presi- dent EM Estes that GM would produce electric cars by 1985 Although Estes NO REQ Hearing Aid Expert to Visit Ogden en- tire battery pack would have to be replaced at a cost that Have your hearing electronically tested by a factory trained competitors estimate at more than $2000 Hearing Aid Specialist these tests can answer important questions about your hearing The Aid that Uses No Batteries four bedroom stucco dwelling on 46 acres of located at 1409 No Mountain Rd Weber Co Two-sto- ry land zoned agricultural MINIMUM NEWEST DEVELOPMENT IN HEARING AIDS 200GE0 SOCIAL SERVICES NORTH OGDEN: pacts Howard Kehrl vice chairman of GM said “The problem is the development of the battery including the cost of the battery and the cost to replace the he said battery” “And when we put those things in the equations right now we don’t have a product that we feel would be satisfactory to the general public” GM has said its passenger car needs a top working the THE STATE OF UTAH INVITES YOUR BID ON THE FOLLOWING LAND AND HOMES FOR SALE electric cars can research” 30000 miles After be practical im- ing to be one after all the work that’s been done and the money GM de battery” in Sep- the breakthrough although you begin to wonder if there is gospent on speed of 60 miles an hour a range of at least 80 miles between charges and a battery life of 30000 miles to spoke of a “breakthrough in technology with the at Ford “The battery NORTH OGEN: zoned agricultural ATTEND OUR BETTER HEARING WORKSHOP $4850000 three bedroom frame dwelling on 5 acres of land with double carport located at 1428 No Mountain ACCEPTABLE Two-sto- ry Are You Having Trouble Understanding Normal Conversation? 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