There are a lot of these, but this one is fairly decent. It could be better, but maybe they don't want to give away all their secrets, huh?
Update:
They have a website, with price quotes on an installation including batteries.
Update:
The prices seem high---$11,000 for a complete job, including parts. Using lead acid batteries, the range would be too limited. If you substituted Apollo's batteries, and assuming their batteries were similar in cost ( a big assumption ), you could have something almost reasonable.
This leaves me with the impression that this is a dead end. Before it is all said and done, your costs are going to be almost as much as a new car. So why do it?
For the economics? Well, the batteries had better last a long time, because it will take a long time to get your money back.
In order for it to compete with the incumbent technologies, it will have to be mass produced. The public will have to acknowledge and accept some risk. I'm thinking of a fuel cell/ battery system utilizing pure ammonia as fuel, plus a ammonia cracker. The risk is that ammonia is toxic and, if released, can be quite hazardous. Safety systems can be put in place to minimize risk, but all risk cannot be eliminated.
Finally, if such a system as that cannot be accepted, there probably will never be an acceptable system that would be economical. So, in order to beat back the threat of "global warming" should it actually exist, you would have to choose between a having an economical system along with more risk as in an ammonia system, or a more costly system that would eliminate nearly all risk.
My optimism is taking a beating.
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