Great article on what's just over the horizon from the land of the rising sun:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157508/page/1 including a Mitsubishi PHEV with 160 km EV only range and "Meanwhile, thanks to its work with Japanese power companies, Mitsubishi says it's close to perfecting "quick charge" devices that would bring the battery up to 80 percent of capacity in half an hour—thus opening up the prospect that you could recharge your car in the supermarket parking lot while picking up the groceries, for example." <more> Terry
