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Title: Charge for five minutes and drive 500 miles
Post by: Omega_0 on September 10, 2007, 12:44:38 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_hi_te/no_more_batteries

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"It's a paradigm shift," said Ian Clifford, chief executive of Toronto-based ZENN Motor Co., which has licensed EEStor's invention. "The Achilles' heel to the electric car industry has been energy storage. By all rights, this would make internal combustion engines unnecessary."

They are a bit secretive though ;) but lets hope.
Title: Re: Charge for five minutes and drive 500 miles
Post by: hansvonlieven on September 10, 2007, 03:43:40 PM
G'day omega,

No secrecy, look under other new battery systems for a thread with a similar name initiated by me and you will find the full patent.

Hans von Lieven
Title: Re: Charge for five minutes and drive 500 miles
Post by: Omega_0 on September 10, 2007, 04:25:46 PM
G'day and thanks :)
So the tech is real?
Title: Re: Charge for five minutes and drive 500 miles
Post by: hansvonlieven on September 10, 2007, 04:27:53 PM
G'day omega,

Looks like it, the patent looks convincing.

Hans von Lieven