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| Thread ID: 85571 | 2007-12-14 20:34:00 | "Breakthrough lithium battery charges to 90% in just 5 minutes" | johcar (6283) | PC World Chat |
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| 621224 | 2007-12-14 20:34:00 | A Gizmag (www.gizmag.com) article December 13, 2007 Toshiba have stunned the world with their announcement of what's pretty much the holy grail in Lithium battery technology – the Super Charge ion Battery, which recharges up to 90% of its energy in just five minutes, and has a lifespan of over 10 years. Slow charging has been the key hurdle to public acceptance of battery-electric vehicles as viable distance travelers, so this breakthrough has all sorts of implications for the automotive industry as well as being a very welcome upgrade to a whole host of other portable devices. The first of Toshiba's groundbreaking SCiB packs will ship in March 2008 to an industrial systems market that Toshiba forecasts being worth 100 billion Yen by 2015. There's no mention of when the technology is likely to hit the consumer market, but with such rapid charging ability, ultra-long life and high resistance to rupture and combustion, the SCiB looks like the first of a new generation of battery cells that will allow electric vehicle drivers to top up their cells in nearly the same amount of time a petrol vehicle takes to fill. To this end, Toshiba is working on a high-performance version of the SCiB targeted at the automotive industry. The development of high-powered, long-lasting, rapid-charge battery cells offers the automotive industry a simple and extremely efficient alternative to Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, whose competitive advantage thus far lies in their ability to refuel in a similar manner to petrol-powered cars. Batteries, it can be argued, are much more energy-efficient, delivering as much as three times more power from the electricity grid to the wheels as fuel cell vehicles are able to. Dear Santa..... :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 621225 | 2007-12-14 20:56:00 | A Gizmag (www.gizmag.com) article Dear Santa..... :D Best to wait for these things to happen and I for one will not be holding my breath. Hold somebodies breast perhaps. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 621226 | 2007-12-14 21:26:00 | Wonder how many will explode. Ala Dell / Sony | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 621227 | 2007-12-14 21:50:00 | Wonder how many will explode. Ala Dell / Sony One does like to see a good positive thought. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 621228 | 2007-12-14 21:51:00 | Surely a fireball is a small price to pay for convenience???? :) | johcar (6283) | ||
| 621229 | 2007-12-14 22:11:00 | Surely a fireball is a small price to pay for convenience???? :) That would depend on what sort of "Convenience" one is sitting on!!! PJ:D |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 621230 | 2007-12-15 04:16:00 | Could be the breakthrough of the century (on the efficient storage of energy front anyway!), scaled up for automotive (especially!) and industrial use. Might pay to grab some Toshiba stocks/bonds eh. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 621231 | 2007-12-15 05:58:00 | First impression of the thread title: Seems like a piece of scientific spam! Anyway, digression aside, I would much prefer to have batteries that can store more charge be developed. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 621232 | 2007-12-15 06:22:00 | First impression of the thread title: Seems like a piece of scientific spam! Anyway, digression aside, I would much prefer to have batteries that can store more charge be developed. Cheers :) I think we should always be a bit sceptical of things due out. I remember the water driven care was DUE out in 10 years etc etc. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 621233 | 2007-12-15 06:33:00 | Well, for those of you holding shares in one of the water-fueled vehicle systems, I can announce a breakthrough in ensuring the early adoption of these machines. I am almost ready to release a process whereby I can supply a cheap substitute for seawater. Shares are available in strictly limited quantities, just send a swag of cash and we will do the rest in privacy and absolute swiftness. We will convert your water to seawater, then through our patent pending de-salinator de-luxe, we will supply you with water warranted to be ideally suited to your water car. No order too small or too large. Send money now. |
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