Put down that petrol pump and go find an extension cable—there might finally be an electric car battery that works properly.
Harvard-backed startup Adden Energy claims it has developed a new battery which can be fully charged in a matter of minutes and last up to 20 years.
The firm has been given £4.45million ($5.15m) in funding to bring the battery to a general market, in the hope it could encourage people to ditch petrol for power sockets.
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Adden Energy's CEO, William Fitzhugh, says he wants to make a battery that takes as long to charge as it does to fill up petrol at a pump—and remove a major barrier to ordinary drivers adopting EVs.
Fitzhugh said: "Complete electrification of the vehicle fleet is one of the most meaningful steps we can take to fight climate change.
"However, broad adoption of electric vehicles requires batteries that can meet a diverse set of consumer needs… EVs need to recharge at comparable times to internal combustion vehicles, essentially in the time you'd currently spent at the gas pump."
A scientific advisor to Adden Energy, Xin Li, added: "Electric vehicles cannot remain a luxury fashion, literally the 'one percent' of vehicles on the road, if we are to make progress toward a clean energy future, and the US won't have a used-car market if EV batteries only last 3 to 5 years."
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Technology like this will be vital to the future of electric vehicles, particularly here in the UK, where the government is set to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
It means that drivers will need to start thinking long and hard about switching vehicles in the next seven or eight years, or at the very least, going to second-hand car dealers.
While electric cars will certainly benefit the environment, battery doesn't necessarily mean better. One team of security researchers have revealed that a Tesla can be easily stolen using a cheap gadget bought online.
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