Most battery breakthroughs are five years in the future, following the basic rules of scientific journals and Popular Science magazine. The usual refrains are, “Further research is required,” and “Researchers expect commercial development within the next decade.” Rather than wait for the future, NAWA Technologies claims the world’s fastest electrode today and production now. NAWA’a brochure explains their Vertically Aligned Carbon NanoTube (VACNT) architecture is “key to its next-generation energy storage.” Think of a forest of carbon nanotubes through which current can flow. In the jumble of usual battery materials, an ion would have to clamber over boulder-like obstructions and possibly get hung up in the random intersections of conductive material. The VACNT architecture allows ionic flow as though they are cruising down a well-maintained interstate freeway. Constructed from carbon and graphene, VACNTs hold the promise of a “quantum leap” in battery performance. NAWATechnologies foresees “revolutionary improvements in power, energy, lifecycle and charging time.” Their Ultra Fast Carbon Electrode contributes …