For the very reasons Ken talks about below don't hold your breath.  For over
100 years there has been a monster, worldwide potential market for the
"Perfect Battery".  And during that time there have been billions spent on
research on batteries.  And we know what we have today, only incremental
improvements, no leaps forward to something new or miraculous. The only real
advance was the fuel cell but not practicle for day to day operation, only
for specialized applications and situations. I, like most, would love to see
the great breakthrough but with some of the best minds in the world working
the problem for 100 years I don't expect to see it.  Now, someone prove me
wrong please?

On 2/15/07, Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Electric cars were some of the very first to be invented.  The very first
> car race here in the US featured two electric cars.  However the battery
> still remains virtually the same for the past one hundred years.  We need
> a
> cheap, light, non-toxic and quickly charging battery to make the electric
> car a real viable thing.  If someone could invent this type of battery
> they
> would be as rich as Bill Gates.  Any takers?
>
>