If Toshiba can produce these in quantity for reasonable prices - this will be a dramatic change in the way battery power is used. It would make electric vehicles much more practical - since 300+ mi Li-ion cars are already reasonable from the standpoint of range and weight - the last issue is charging speed. I could stand a 10-15m wait to fill up a car.

Or added as extra storage in your Prius+ hybrid - store power from your PV array, and get a few gals of gas a day for free (takes about 8kwh to get the equivalent of a gal of gas, you get an average of 4.5hrs of averaged peak power per day for a year here in CA - more in summer, less in winter, but it averages to that).

Of course price will be the biggest issue - they'll be more expensive than Li-ion/polymers at first.

You'd also think if they can be charged that fast, they could DISCHARGE that fast, too. Lets see, 150A into my little 3D aerobat with a 3 oz battery, thats 2hp...

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Tom Rust
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