"ORION, Mich. — The new rock stars of the auto industry aren't producing the quickest sports coupes or the sleekest sedans. They are the handful of high-tech companies racing to develop a new breed of a historically unsexy product, the battery, that is revolutionizing the way that vehicles work." "Research is focused on making battery packs for cars that would be compact, dependable and cheap. They also must be durable: Automakers want them to last at least 10 years before they need to be replaced." http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-0...batteries_x.htm
