Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @05:09PM from the big-things-in-small-packages dept.

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."

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Re:500 Mile Range=Revolutionary by RichardJenkins · 2009-09-30 20:36 · Score: 1, Troll

I know what you mean. I was going to buy a car, but then I realised I don't have a gas station in my house.
Seriously, if this is a problem manufacturers will develop a small 'emergency power augmentation' to get you to the nearest gas-hydro-electric station.