On Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 7:31:22 PM UTC-7, wrote:
There is a small company based outside Marseilles, who will by mid 2019 be mass producing a new type of battery, the advantages of which will blow your mind apart. The French company believe their products offers massive advantages to Electric Vehicles – i.e. self-launching motorgliders.

By combining the unique strengths of lithium batteries with an all new crazy-fast charging and carbon ultra-capacitors, the combination results in massive weight savings of more than a third of current power supplies. Recharge times can be measured in seconds. (Like half the time it takes to fill your tank with fuel). To this add the life span of this new power storage - it will accept up to a million charge cycles.

This is a story that “will blow your mind” and it appears in complete detail in the July issue of Gliding International.

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I think what is needed for faster electric car charging at a "gas" station is to have all cars to have standardized, easily pull-out, slide-in battery packs. One would only need to drive up to a refueling bay, a machine would open a hatch, and exchange the battery pack. Battery pack would be provided by nationwide refuel centers. The cost would reflect the cost to charge plus eventual replacement. Refill time would be equivalent to a gas fill up. Car dealership would provide a free fill up like they usually do now. Initial car price would, of course, include the price for a new battery pack. No electric cord required or long wait while on a cross country trip. This has nothing to do with FES designs, but just thought it would be a neat idea..