New Battery Tech from MIT

[Gavin]

http://www.brammo.com/blogs/general/mit-figures-out-a-way-to-refuel-electric-cars-with-liquid-fuel/


holy crap...twice the range, half the size...can refill like a gas tank on the road or recharge at home over night...and they say this tech will cut the price of batteries in HALF!! nice.

sweet...this could easily be a game changer...the convience of gas (fill up on the road for long trips, longer range so no fill ups unless LONG trips), the benefits of electric (can charge at home and never stop for a fill up for daily driving, can be zero emission if charged by solar panels or wind or other green energy...will still be greener than gas even if from coal, etc etc)

I figured it would take 10 years to get batteries to gas tank range (300 miles or so)...a leap like this could get batteries to gas tank range in half that time.

I hope it does well.

Gavin

[Richard230]

I sure hope that concept can prove practical and make it into production. But unfortunately, there have been a lot of good ideas developed in universities and by inventors over the years that never seemed to go into a practical and affordable consumer product. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope the news report is not just a teaser in an attempt to get a government grant so that the concept can be studied for the next 10 years.

[Deadly Silent Ninja]

Yep. I agree with Richard. Even if it is used, it is not going to be in a high production level to be put in commercially-produced bikes and cars for a few years.
Anyway, good to know that people at MIT are thinking about this.