A few years ago I wrote an article titled "Light Shines on World's Craziest Battery Company" that was about EEStor, the secretive ultracapacitor manufacturer in Texas. Some people claimed that the company cracked the Gordian Knot of electric cars. Others said the science didn't seem to add up. EEStor compounded the issue by rarely speaking.

I thought maybe the headline was over the top. Turns out that wasn't the case. Since then, the critics and supporters have become more entrenched in their position, while EEStor has delayed its products a few times. Its public relations strategy, however, has become a bit weirder. Instead of maintaining near total silence, CEO Dick Weir occasionally speaks (I spoke to him once for about five minutes), but not often.

Now, EEStory.com has a transcript of an alleged interview with Weir, with an unknown interviewer. Some of the highlights:

• Weir says that Kleiner, Perkins owns 20 percent of the company. (Kleiner is an investor according to several sources, but not put the company on its portfolio list.)

• The deal between Lockheed Martin and EEStor came after Weir pitched to the CIA. The agency thought the defense contractor might be interested.

• The technology could be used in portable electronics. "We can take a battery for a PC in the same frame or a battery for a hand held or for a cell phone and give you 3 to 5 times more energy storage that will never degrade on you as you can charge in a second," Weir said.

• The company has a contract with a maker off two- and three-wheeled vehicles.

• Things are coming along. "And I think you'll see the results when we get into 2010 and you'll see a very effective and very constant ramp up of our production capabilities," he said.

Happy reading.