Toshiba Super-Charging Hybrid Cars

The problem with many hybrid cars is that the batteries used are just too damn big and slow to recharge to make them a viable purchase for a wider audience. Let’s not even talk about the cost.

Toshiba has just unveiled a battery though that might change all of that. The Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB) is based on lithium-ion technology but is a third of the size and weight of the batteries currently used in hybrid cars and, if that’s not enough, it can be recharged to 90% capacity in under 5 minutes. Now that’s impressive.

Toshiba says the batteries will also last for 10 years. The company is planning mass production of the new batteries next March and, while hybrid cars are the first target market, the company held out hope that this technology will make it into consumer products at a later date.

Just think, a laptop, a phone and all of your other gadgets charged in less than 5 minutes. We can but dream.-Martin Lynch

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