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"By soaking the matter found in conventional lithium ion batteries in a special solution, lithium ion batteries were supposedly said to be recharged 100x faster. This test was however done with a specially-designed battery with little capacity. Batteries with higher capacity can be recharged 40x faster.[100] The research was conducted by Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder of MIT. The researchers believe the solution may appear on the market in 2011.[101] Another method to speed up battery charging is by adding an additional oscillating electric field. This method was proposed by Ibrahim Abou Hamad from Mississippi State University.[102] The company Epyon specializes in faster charging of electric vehicles.[103]"

I sure hope Telsa knows about this, and just as important, Panasonic the battery supplier for the Model S. By my calculation that would take a 45min charge down to 1min, which is faster than the time it takes to gas up a car. A 20hr charge on a 120V standard line could finish in 30mins, which is a lunch break. No $1000 high speed charges, no 408V lines, no 220V lines......just existing lines hanging off the back of a McDonalds or Tim Hortons as an example.

Very interesting.