A major issue that has hampered the wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles is the time it takes to charge its battery, along with the limited range of such vehicles and the high cost of buying one. Conversely, EV developers have been working hard for the past few years to solve these issues, which has resulted in significant improvements to the EV range, while the prices have also fallen. However, the charging time of the batteries is still an issue.
Nevertheless, a new pioneering technology from Toshiba is expected to turn the table around. Last month, the company announced what it called as the ‘next generation of lithium-ion batteries’. A new material dubbed titanium niobium oxide is said to be capable of doubling the capacity of a battery anode, giving it a significantly improved charging time than a conventional lithium-ion battery.
In fact, Toshiba claims that an EV with this proprietary technology can achieve up to 320km of range, after just a six-minute charge. The Japanese electronics giant also mentioned that with this technology, you could expect a car powered by its new Super Charge Ion Battery to travel three times farther, than an EV powered by a conventional battery.
Commenting on the technology, Toshiba’s head of research and development, Dr Osamu Hori, said that this is a game-changing development for the EV industry.
Toshiba Announces Revolutionary New Fast-Charging Battery Technology
The Hennessey Venom F5 is on Course for a Speed Record to Beat All Speed Records
You might have heard the news when the Hennessey Venom GT, the brainchild of the Texas-based tuning house Hennessey Performance Engineering made the headlines, as it managed to beat the speed record of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport with an astounding top speed of 435.31 km/h on a test track.
Now the company is back on the headlines again as it is getting ready to beat its own record, on a car dubbed the Hennessey Venom F5, a triple exhaust-tipped hypercar. According to Hennessey, the car is named after the most powerful category of tornadoes out there, the F5, which on the Fujita scale has wind speeds of between 419 to 512 km/h.
Just as the name suggests, the new Hennessey Venom F5 is expected to reach speeds exceeding 480km/h, which should be enough to set a new Guinness World Record.
The company is anticipated to build this new hypercar at its Texas headquarters. According to preliminary reports, the Hennessey Venom F5 will come with a custom chassis and design that should be a bit different from its GT branded predecessor. Hennessey released a teaser image of its hypercar earlier last month through its social media accounts, which showed an impressive looking rear, suggesting that the car will have a more efficient mid-engine design.
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