Texas company EEStor, Inc. is hard at work on their ultracapacitor energy storage device made from ceramics.  This new technology will be lighter, more powerful, longer lasting and easier on the environment than current large capacity battery technologies. The EEStor energy storage device is purported to charge within 5 minutes to an energy capacity great enough to move a car 500 miles.  This takes just about $9.00 in electricity, equivalent to around 45 cents for a gallon of gas!  .

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