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Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range
An anonymous reader writes "Consortium members read like a Who's Who in technology research for the Battery 500 Project which aims to use nanotechnology to extend the range of all-electric cars 200 miles beyond the 300-mile range of gasoline powered cars. IBM, the University of California at Berkeley and all five of our US National Labs are collaborating to make the 500-mile electric car battery. Within two years, they promise to have a new kind of battery technology in place for the 500-mile electric car. If that happens, then I predict a mass exodus from gasoline to electric powered cars that will make the Toyota Prius look like a fad."
I spend all night charging my mobile phone. Its such a pain, sitting there and waiting for it to finish.
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"Yes dear, the battery in the car is flat, I've just got to wait an hour for it to charge, then I'll be on my way home..."
I was too distracted by "Whose Who" to absorb much after that. Of course, most of it was after that.
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
I think you mean Whose-Whom.
> In fact, the poster should have read the article.
Slippery slope.
Next you'll be asking slashdoters to read the whole post instead of just the title.
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
If IBM had said "we have batteries that can last 500 miles", and Stanley Kubrick shot videos of the long-range electric car in a Hollywood studio, then it would be like the moon landing.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
> I predict a mass exodus from gasoline to electric powered cars that will make
> the Toyota Prius look like a fad.
It was.
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Smoker2, these two nice gentlemen from the FBI would like to have a chat with you about your posting of a detailed set of instructions to make and use a weapon of mass destruction.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
I would like to subscribe to his newsletter.
It's supposed to be completely automatic, but actually you have to press this button.
Great - now they're going to outlaw beer bottles!
Maybe they'll outlaw clothing, too, to eliminate rags.
A post a day keeps productivity at bay.