Honda says nanotubes "open new possibilities" for hybrids and EVs - and muscles

[TheOtherDave™]

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Honda Nanotechnology isn't new to the green car discussion. After all, we've heard about the potential for nano lubricants and Ford's work researching nanotechnology for developing "paints, plastics, light metals and catalysts that will allow reduced vehicle weight and improved fuel economy." There's even a car called the Nano and a company called Altair Nanotechnologies that makes batteries, but those are different stories altogether. Honda has been working on nanotubes for over a decade, and the company is now talking about its work with "microscopic carbon nanotubes a hundred thousand times thinner than a human hair," saying that the potential to move electricity faster and further with "minimal" energy loss with these devices could be used in "much more powerful and compact computers, electrodes for supercapacitors, electrical cables, batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, artificial muscles, composite material for automobiles and planes, energy storage materials and electronics for hybrid vehicles." Hybrids and fuel cells are good and all, but artificial muscles? Hmmm. Yes, I would like two tickets to the gun show courtesy of Honda. Thanks. Results of this new research, conducted with help from Purdue University and the University of Louisville, was published in the most recent edition of Science. Read more after the jump. [Source: Honda]Continue reading Honda says nanotubes "open new possibilities" for hybrids and EVs - and muscles Honda says nanotubes "open new possibilities" for hybrids and EVs - and muscles originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...

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