Here comes the electric car!...... again?!

I'm not an electrical engineer, I'm not any kind of engineer, I'm not even what most would call a "smart man" so I usually keep my head down when it comes to the technical sides of issues but I've been fascinated with electric cars. I've been hoping for the electric car to reappear and now it might. Remember the EV1? Check out http://whokilledtheelectriccar.com/ if you don't. FYI great documentary.

It has seemed for years that the only thing standing in the way of the electric car (besides big oil) was the need for someone to come up with a way to quickly recharge an electric car. Apparently that day has finally arrived.  According to an article on www.crunchgear.com a Japanese company called JFE Engineering has developed a method to recharge the batteries of electric vehicles by 50% within 3 minutes and 80% within 5 minutes. Wow!  This could be a massive breakthrough for the viability of the electric car. Lets keep our fingers crossed.