Battery technology advancement brings viable electric cars closer to reality
It feels great to see news like this. It looks like Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have co-developed a nickel-hydrogen battery that recharges in less than 10 seconds (reports thetruthaboutcars.com and Nikkei).
The primary impediment to electric cars becoming real competition for petroleum powered cars is the lack of really good battery technology. While automakers and governments wasted their time with hydrogen fuel cells, battery technology took a back seat. Now that most have realized that hydrogen isn’t a viable near-term solution advancements in battery technology is beginning to get the R&D money it needs to move forward. Continue Reading »
