If this image does not evoke youthful vitality, rosy nostalgia, and the promise of a better tomorrow, I don't know what does. Story in EE Times.
Matsushita has had this battery technology in the works for a few years now.
The two cells drove the 18.5 kg car with a driver for a distance of 1,200 meters, according to a Matsushita spokeswoman.
Two AA batteries and a hot pit crew; no grease monkeys need apply.