EEStor's Cermic Battery - Source: CNN Money
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EEStor's device is not technically a battery because no chemicals are involved. In fact, it contains no hazardous materials whatsoever. Yet it acts like a battery in that it stores electricity. If it works as it's supposed to, it will charge up in five minutes and provide enough energy to drive 500 miles on about $9 worth of electricity. At today's gas prices, covering that distance can cost $60 or more; the EEStor device would power a car for the equivalent of about 45 cents a gallon.
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EEStor is tight-lipped about its device and how it manages to pack such a punch. According to a patent issued in April, the device is made of a ceramic powder coated with aluminum oxide and glass. A bank of these ceramic batteries could be used at "electrical energy stations" where people on the road could charge up.
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Essentially, it's a micro-whiskered capacitor with vastly increased surface area (and charge storage) over traditional capacitors, and it would revolutionize the auto industry.
I also saw articles on this in several major science-related publications.
More on the technology itself, courtesy of Google.
Even more, again, courtesy of Google.
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