New Battery-Testing Technique Could Mean Faster Electric Car R&D

Published Aug. 4, 2010 at 5:35 p.m.
Photo: Flickr, CCNot Sexy But UsefulSome of the most important scientific and technological breakthroughs are the invention of tools that allow you to make better tools, or to do research faster. The general public never sees these things, but it still reaps the benefits. A new technique to test electric car and hybrid car batteries more quickly might just be such a breakthrough, because it could allow engineers to know within weeks how a new battery chemistry performs instead of having to wait months or even years. A faster EV development cycle should drive down costs and increase the pace of innovatio


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