ELECTRIC-CAR BATTERY CHARGES IN FIVE MINUTES
Car makers are spending a lot of money on electric cars. In the future, electric cars will replace petrol cars. Environmentalists believe this will reduce the amount of CO2 (1) _________ into the atmosphere. A big problem for electric cars is charging the battery. Some batteries in today’s electric cars can take up to 12 hours to charge fully. (2) _________, a company in Israel says it has created a lithium-ion battery that people can charge in just five minutes. This is the same amount of time it takes to fill a tank of gas with petrol. The new lithium-ion batteries (3) _________ were developed by the Israeli company StoreDot are being manufactured by a Chinese company called Eve Energy.
The new batteries could totally transform driving. They would mean electric cars would be able to travel as far as petrol cars. (4) _________ people with electric cars today suffer from “range anxiety”. This is stress caused by worrying about the battery running out of electricity. The new batteries would end this anxiety. A StoreDot spokesperson said: “We’re at the point of (5) _________ a revolution in the electric vehicle charging experience”.
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