A123 Systems M1 lithium-ion batteries

PHOTO CAPTION: Scotty Pollacheck astride the world's quickest electric motorcycle powered by $12,000 of A123 Systems M1 lithium-ion batteries. Despite pushing the batteries to the boiling point of water and sucking 4000 watts/kg of power from the pack, the team has yet to replace a single cell, proof these batteries are different in a big way.