Sounds interesting, I'm a little confused about this bit:
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The system so far has been tested on scooters and golf carts, and based on the tech advances being developed the researchers think that 3,000-3,600 miles (about 4,800-5,800km) range could be achieved.
The only reason drivers would need to stop – other than for a coffee, toilet break and presumably to swap drivers! – is to change over the battery fluid every 480km or so, much like refuelling for petrol as opposed to the 45 minutes or so needed at a fast charger for li-ion battery electric cars.
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Is the range 5000km or 480km?
They also don't say what the eloctrolyte is. Hopefully not some exotic thing that isn't scalable. The thing with battery innovations is there is a new one every month, and not many of them work out. But I like the idea of being able to re-fuel as opposed to recharge, though each has it's advantages.