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Reality catches up with SF May 9, 2011 11:03 pm Eri

Wow, just wow!

I do have a question. Since the Army was in on this, wouldn’t they like to keep it secret? The info this article gives will allow other countries to build them, too? Or am I being naive?

I hope that eventually this will make electric cars affordable for the average person. I love the idea of charging stations every so often. Whoever builds those will make a fortune. Probably the Oil/Gas people will do it so that as gas usage goes down, they can still rip off the public.

Wouldn’t a portable charger that you could carry in your vehicle be wonderful? Hmmmmmm.

  • There are a number of approaches being worked on to create batteries that can charge very rapidly. The bitch here is ... by TB 2011-05-10 10:20:01
    • 1.21 gigawatts??! Sorry, had a McFly flashback there... by mcfly 2011-05-11 04:39:49
      • If that DeLorean really was swinging 1.21 GW around - the power generated by a major nuclear power plant - ... by TB 2011-05-19 20:58:21
        • My guess is the flux capacitor had something to do with it, but then I'm not an engineer. Not while ... by mcfly 2011-05-23 01:45:40

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