German battery could jump-start electric car production - Yahoo! News: "German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel consumption, but a firm in eastern Saxony has designed a lithium-ion battery membrane that could finally make electric cars common.
For years, battery-powered cars have been hampered by technological hurdles, with researchers seeking to resolve problems of weight, autonomy and ways of recharging vehicles quickly and easily.
Germans were said to be plodding along behind, but batteries made by the a firm called Li-Tec 'take up 30 percent less volume than those from Toyota' and 'allow you to go three times further for the same weight than French models,' said Tim Schaefer, a director of the company in eastern Kamenz."
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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