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Nano-powered Electric Trucks Come to Hawaii

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December 17, 2008

Last week, the governor of Hawaii announced a plan to bring zero-emission electric trucks to the island of Maui for use by the island's utility crews. The trucks are powered by lithium titanate batteries, which can fully recharge in under ten minutes. Watch this videocast to learn the nanoscale secret behind such fast-charging batteries, and what this might mean for other battery-powered devices.