Could a new kind of battery be recharged without a special power adapter, or even without a wall socket?

新款电池可以不通过特殊的电源适配器、甚至不用墙上的插座就可以充电么？

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The battery can be recharged in 30 minutes with a special quick charger, though it takes eight hours from an ordinary household socket.

这种电池利用特制快速充电器在三十分钟内就可二次充电，而利用家用普通插头则需要8个小时。

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The charger, dubbed Touchstone, still has to be plugged in to a mains socket, but it means Pre owners can simply lay their phone on the charging pad to top up the battery.

这个名为Touchstone的充电器，仍然需要插在电源插座上，但它能让Pre的拥有者们可以方便地将他们的手机放在充电座上充满电。

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The battery also offers a socket which allows people to charge their mobile phones, something that was far from easy before.

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When completely empty it takes a maximum of eight hours to fully charge the battery at a household socket or charging station on the electricity systems of most countries i.e. overnight.

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Using a dedicated high-current electric circuit, like those installed for electric ovens, these can recharge the MINI E in 4.5 hours. (With an ordinary mains socket, by contrast, recharging could take all day.) For cars with smaller battery packs, like the Smart, overnight recharging from a conventional socket is possible.

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