We've got a dedicated group of professionals who have been able to gather a large amount of data in a short period of time. We understand that there's a lot of interest in this project, and we want to address any concerns.

We worked with DMR, and we had divers go down and look for lobsters in the cove. We had some local fishermen tell us we wouldn't find any lobsters in the cove, and they were right.

During 2006, we're going to fill in data gaps. The data we've gathered so far is going to provide a lot of answers, but it's also going to generate a lot of questions. We plan to address those questions in the 2006 season.

Batteries are a necessary part of hybrid electric-gasoline powered vehicles and someday, when the technology matures, will be part of hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. Current hybrid vehicles use nickel-metal hydride batteries, but a safe lithium-ion battery will be a much better option for the hybrids.

We want to develop a battery that has a graceful failure - meaning that if it's damaged, it won't cause other problems. We have to understand how batteries fail and why they fail.

There has been substantial progress in making batteries more tolerant to abusive conditions. It won't be long before these batteries will be used in gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles. And the great thing is this technology will be able to transfer over to the electric-hydrogen fuel cell powered hybrid vehicles of the future.