Li-Ion With 300% More Power, Minutes to Recharge

Battery Nut writes "Altair Nanotechnologies claims to have found a way to reduce Li-Ion recharge time to minutes, as well as increase battery power by 300%, according to this press release. Seems they have received some good feedback by certain experts about thier work: "Two eminent experts in battery technology, Dr. K. M. Abraham and Dr. Vassilis G. Keramidas, have expressed strong support for Altair's work. " So is it a new revolution in battery technology, or hopeful hype? Stay tuned, their quarterly conference call is Thursday Feb 24th at 11AM." Anyone else think snake oil?

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if this is actually true...

[distantbody]

...well im sure you understand the potential. instead, ive just been reading an article about the huge difficulties facing the viablity of fuel-cell vehicles. my green heart has been prepared to wait 10~15 to drive my first, but by what the article says, it will probably take longer (goverments and organisations can never be trusted to deliver on time), and even then, they'll be very expensive to buy AND refuel, not to mention lousy performers. So do you know what im getting at? ...many climate experts agree that we are only a matter of months (10~40) away from the point of no return for dramatic, long term climatic disaster and its consequences (numerous experts say we have even passed it). given the 10~20 years until fuel cell transport is available, people must not be allowed to fall into the false sense of security that "fuel cells will save us". the most viable technology for now is the battery to power cars. most of us have read about or seen them, and they do the job exceptionally for 99% of vehicles; the electricity must be generated by renewable energy sources. if you know someone who is influential or have access to a motor corp. executive, please reason to them that 20 years will mean the life or death of much of what we enjoy today. we need solutions NOW, not in 2 decades. i hope Altairs claims are true as it would be another addition to the already compeling argument for battery driven vehicles. P.S. i can't avoid being dramatic, i do not apologies because this is what i beleive to be the truth