Electric vehicle range anxiety? Researchers develop new battery that could be a cure

By Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald

They call it range anxiety, the fear that an electric vehicle could run out of juice, say somewhere south of Yeehaw Junction on the way to Disney World with three cranky kids aboard.

Such scenarios are one of the big hesitations for many people pondering the purchase of an EV.

Research going on at Florida International University could go a long way toward curing that concern. The work is focused on a new type of battery, made of lithium-sulfur...