Lithium batteries charge ahead - Researchers demonstrate cells that can power up in seconds.

Nature News ^ | 11 March 2009 | Geoff Brumfiel

[Moonman62]

Does it heat up and explode into flames?

[Red Badger]

W#OW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RBroadfoot]

“Does it heat up and explode into flames?”

Details, details.

[prophetic]

sweet!!

now a hybrid or fully electric car is almost practical. Instead of an overnight charge you can actually charge up in the time it would take to fill up at a regualr gas station.

[Dionysius]

I’ve heard that the lithium batteries of the coming $40K Chevy Volt have to be replaces at 100,000 miles at the cost of $10K. Credibility?

[Oldexpat]

Gotta have lots of amps to do it quick. That means big wires and big connections, big breakers. You don’t want to be fooling around with High Voltage charging your car.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Instead of an overnight charge you can actually charge up in the time it would take to fill up at a regualr gas station.

If you don't mind the lights dimming!

[Moonman62]

You know what they say, don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.

[rednesss]

"Does it heat up and explode into flames?"

Good question, one might think that that the speed at which it can be charged is also the speed that it can be discharged.

[neverdem]

Does it heat up and explode into flames?

Only when it has to deal with leftwing idiots. The Senate needs them badly.

[Cheetahcat]

I do not care how fast the thing charges it still requires a SOURCE and the speed would be proportional to the SIZE of the charging cord and for a automobile I do not see a woman handling that thing easy.

[Publius6961]

Does it heat up and explode into flames?

Sure.
If you discharge a large fully-charged battery in 9 seconds...

Solution: don't sell it to idiots.

[Right Wing Assault]

might lead to laptop batteries capable of charging themselves in about a minute

Hmmm. How do they charge themselves? Sounds like free energy.

[Billthedrill]

Yes, but it does it fast.

[Publius6961]

I’ve heard that the lithium batteries of the coming $40K Chevy Volt have to be replaces at 100,000 miles at the cost of $10K. Credibility?

I've heard that the Prius needs battery replacement at 100,000 miles at a cost of $10,000.

You figure it out.

[ak267]

Interesting development. Quick recharges make as easy as filling up a gas tank. How much to chrage up the batterings?

How long do these batteries last? Cost to replace? Surely, as they become more commong/mass-produced, the cost of the batteries will go down.

Would like to see this combined with the new “aircars”. Compressed air, combined with batteries-gas engine-air recharger....best of all three worlds: Multiple power sources with air compression.

[Dinsdale]

If you discharge a large fully-charged battery in 9 seconds...

Solution: don't sell it to idiots.

Shorting it by accident would take an idiot.

On purpose? Just good fun.

[ak267]

Another benefit of the fast recharge rate is that I don’t have to “hook it up” at home, but simply go to a charging station.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

But it’s not a viable product until Billy Mays does an infomercial selling it.