Phinergy, an Israel-based technology company, has created a car battery that powers an electrical vehicle (EV) for up to 1,000 miles before needing a recharge.

The company has successfully integrated an aluminum battery into an electric vehicle that triples the traveling distance of some current EVs.

"Our aluminum-air energy systems are superior to conventional batteries in terms of energy density and specific energy," the company said Friday on its website.

Aluminum is a widely available metal that is easily recycled and contains high amounts of energy (8 kilowatt hours per kilogram). In conventional aluminum-air batteries, aluminum reacts to oxygen and produces electricity. Phinergy's innovation uses water and recycles the hydrated aluminum oxide to create an anode, a process that enables a closed and sustainable life cycle or recharge.

"Our systems are mechanically reloaded, avoiding long charging time."

Phinergy, which aims to have an electric car model available by 2017, has landed a contract with Franco-Japanese automaker Renault-Nissan.

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