IAN & SPAIN

Scientists at the University of Cordoba have discovered a way of improving the performance of Lithium-ion batteries for the automobile industry and every other as a matter of fact. So far their research has proven successful in improving the duration of the batteries by 300% by using the carbon from olive stones instead of the expensive graphite which is being used at the moment. This translates to possibly having an electrical car which would have a range of over 500km before needing to be recharged and reducing the cost of the batteries. They are also working on the speed of recharging. At the moment at least 5 hours is needed to recharge a vehicles litium battery, their target is to bring this time down to under 1 hour and it looks promising according to their recent reports. There are plans to put these batteries into production when ready and manufacture an electrical car. Both national projects, resulting in a first off for Spain: national brand of electrical cars and a lithium battery plant. As Spain is also the world's leading producer of olives its not a bad start.

There is no end to what olives can do!

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