Toshiba's One-Minute-Recharge Li-ion Batteries

TheGuano writes "No idea if this is related to Altair's six-minute-charge Li-ions,, but Toshiba has just announced a similar Li-ion that recharges to 80% capacity in one minute, while losing only 1% total capacity after 1000 cycles. It's set to debut in 2006 for use in hybrid cars (my current Toshiba Satellite doesn't get very far on battery power, but it's a beautiful shade of blue), but 'should' make its way to other, hopefully smaller devices eventually."

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Perpetual motion machine

[Neo-Rio-101]

Umm... if these batteries recharge really quickly, and discharge slowly - wouldn't it therefore be possible to use the potential energy of a moving car to charge the battery?

Et voila! A perpertual motion machine! (until the battery karks it)