This sounds great and I'd love to see it happen but it's contradictory to the way business functions. An oil company will buy the rights and squash its development. Auto manufacturers (oh wait, Ford's the only one left in US) will be right behind screwing it up. I'd love to see a list of all the great inventions and technical advancements that were hidden away so current US companies could continue to survive. I want a Tesla but I doubt it will be affordable any time soon.

and they're effectively subverting it by charging very high fees to manufacture battery cells larger than 10Ah (necessary for EVs). That probably wont happen with Li-Ion and future battery technologies simply because there are too many firms researching different technologies.

That said, Li-air batteries probably wont be here for another 7-10 years, if this ever turns out to be feasible for use in a vehicle.

Turn the volume up to 11, too.

We've heard rumblings and rumors of high capacity batteries for years. When will it actually happen?

Sounds very promising. Since they are promoting this (to get that DoE grant) as a solution for electric cars, I have to wonder what the recharge time is on these types of cells. Neither the linked article on jkOnTheRun, nor the article *they* linked on TechnologyReview.com ( http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/23877/page2/ ) addressed this question. For an electric car, one would hope the batteries are capable of being charged extremely quickly, in a matter of a few minutes. I hope we hear more about these new types of batteries.

... I propose that no Republicans be allowed to use this technology. They routinely vote down and don't support any government backing of high-tech or public investment in technologies that can save lives or improve our competitiveness in the global economy, so let em stew in their own piss for a while.