Volkswagen AG's carbon-fibre sports car prototype, at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2005. The cars of the future will be like this with knobs on. Photo: Reuters/ERIKO SUGITA From The Telegraph:
A nano-scale material developed in Britain may one day yield wafer-thin cellphones and light-weight, long-range electric cars powered by the roof, boot and doors, according to researchers.
For now, the new technology - which is a patented mix of carbon fibre and polymer resin that can charge and release electricity just like a regular battery - has not gone beyond a successful laboratory experiment.
But if scaled up, it could hold several advantages over existing energy sources for hybrid and electric cars, according to the scientists at Imperial College London who developed it.
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