Battery Powered SUV Recharges in Ten Minutes

Ultimate fuel economy: An all-electric SUV from Phoenix Motorcars has a 138 mile range, a top speed of 95 mph and it recharges in as little as ten minutes. The secret: Nano-materials that keep next-gen lithium-ion batteries from overheating -- and give them a long life.

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[ekuwa69]

Yes oil is natural, when it is in the ground. But when you process the hell out of it to create gasoline and then burn that gasoline, the effect of leaving behind 19 pounds of carbon per gallon is not so natural.

[emforty2]

oil barons are investing in battery buying up all the very few sources of nickel and lithium in the world

were do you think they're gonna spend the $40Billion windfall profits the make every year ?

they will own control and own battery patents and all car manufacturers will have to pay royalties to use them

they win ....we lose.....AGAIN !

[transcendtient]

THIS IS FROM 2006? WHERE IS THIS TRUCK?

[BuffaloSabres134]

@maxdady85 I feel the same way :) Got a Jeep Commander

[maxdady85]

@ekuwa69 i love driving around my jeep knowing i'm putting 19lbs of carbon into the air per gallon:)

[TK42138]

Sounds like battery development has taken the next step forwards.

[billdale1]

@emforty2 Such pessimistic comments are irritating. If you really think that's what will happen, why aren't you doing something about it?! You're a defeatist! Besides, even the oil barons don't have enough money to buy up all the lithium, nickel, cadmium, etc., necessary to corner any such battery market-- there is estimated to be in excess of a trillion dollars worth of lithium alone on the planet! Who would be fool enough to sit on that much resource and not use it?

[surreal5335]

@conspiracy777

Lithium is a very viable and great technology. I have personally experienced running a digital camera on alkaline, Nihm, and lithium... Lithium outperformed all the others by a long shot. Plus when you hold a standard AA and a Lithium AA, the lithium is much much lighter, no scale needed... Its very obvious.

[LiquidChem]

@emforty2 dont worry.  we now have safe, clean, free batteries. no need for these metals.

[tnguyen318]

in just ten minutes. That is the same amount of time it takes to fill up your car on gasoline. But it will cost only $4.00 for 130 miles.

[bonecrime]

@rockbore I'd say it's in the pile of bullshit where it belongs. Charge from empty to full in 10 minutes? Seriously, who has a wall socket capable of delivering hundreds of amps of current? You'd have to connect it directly to a substation to be able to get that kind of current in most cases.