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New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shocking-discoveries dept.

MikeChino writes "As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently developing a new auto body material that can store and release electrical energy like a battery. Once perfected, scientists hope the substance will replace standard car bodies, making vehicles up to 15 percent lighter and significantly extending the range of electric vehicles."

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You have NO idea what you're talking about.

    Do you have a degree in mechanical engineering ?

    I didn't think so.

    Have you owned many turbodiesel cars ?

    No again.

    So let's just get this straight and establish that you read Popular Science when you were
    a young social outcast, and that this makes you think you have a command of the subject.

    You don't.

    So do the world a favor and SHUT THE FUCK UP.

    Better yet, kill yourself.

  2. Re:Verizon PR is spinning the story by doomy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wrong thread... my bad.

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    ...free your source and the rest would follow...