There's been a lot of buzz about the CityZENN [1] all electric car that charges in five minutes and has a top speed of 80MPH and a range of 250 miles.

The secret is the EEStor [2] capacitor battery, but some are skeptical. On the other hand, EEStor has recently signed a deal with Lockheed [3] for defense related applications. So maybe it's real after all.

More at Alternative Energy News [4].