Ultra-fast charging batteries:70% recharged in 2 minutes

I normally see news about new batteries almost every week.

another new battery tech announcement, usually ignored

wait: they've actually made a small battery
wait: they've already licensed the technology
wait: it uses a cheap chemical we understand really well

http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ultra-fast-batteries-recharged-minutes.html

In order not to drain the current electric infrastructure,
I would actually see a charging station equiped with these batteries, partly charged by solar
when not available by the grid, when full -> all solar going to grid.
When car charges up, it goes from batteries to batteries.

Interesting! Amazing that applying nanotubes of titanium dioxide gel to the anode makes that much of a difference. :ugeek:

How is this different from lithium titanate batteries? Fast charge rates, thousands of cycles, etc. Notice they never mentioned energy density. The anode does offer many benefits, for starting or HEV batteries, but not for EVs or even cell phones, unless you want 1/5th the energy of today's batteries.

Ill believe it when its in a car.