I'm copying here a post from the blog comments which I found VERY interesting:
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/29/toshiba_li-ion_battery/
Toshiba announced this in March 2005. Any news after that? Why haven't we seen these batteries yet for phones and laptops? Seems the perfect thing to diminish recharge time.
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Robert wrote on August 19th, 2006 at 2:08 am
Have you thought about partneting with Toshiba? They invented their new LI-ION Particle Cell Battery. This can change to Full in just under 2 mintues. With thousands of these instead of the normal batteries, this would make the car perfect for the future. Has this been a tought or is the technology still too new?
Toshiba has developed a Lithium-Ion battery capable of being charged to 80 per cent of its full capacity in under 60 seconds. Filling it up takes just "a few more minutes", the company boasted today.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/29/toshiba_li-ion_battery/
Toshiba announced this in March 2005. Any news after that? Why haven't we seen these batteries yet for phones and laptops? Seems the perfect thing to diminish recharge time.