Texas start-up says it has batteries beat
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Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine.
An Austin-based start-up called EEStor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEstor promised "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries," meaning a motorist could plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500 miles roundtrip without gasoline.
By Grant Slater, Associated Press Writer
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