Tag Archives: batteries
A123′s Stock Now Under $1
A123 (Nasdaq: AONE) had a rocky 2011. 2012 is turning out to have its deep challenges as well. In the face of recent genuinely positive design wins for the lithium-ion battery maker across its target markets of transportation and utility-scale storage, the firm is facing threatening self-induced as well as external issues. On the positve [...]
BMW, Toyota Team Up on Next Gen Car Batteries
Last year BMW and Toyota signed a memorandum of understanding concerning a long-term collaboration on sustainable energy technologies. On Tuesday, both car companies announced they will now work together on developing new lithium ion batteries. The main focus of the research will be optimizing the performance of the lithium ion battery and increasing the capacity [...]
A123 Announces Recall, Stock Nosedives
A123 (Nasdaq: AONE) had a rocky 2011. 2012 is turning out to have its challenges as well. The lithium iron battery maker just announced “a field campaign to replace battery modules and packs that may contain defective prismatic cells produced at A123′s Livonia, Mich. manufacturing facility,” according to a release. The “defect has been discovered [...]
In Focus: Graphene-based Capacitors
Existing energy storage methods miserably fail to keep up with the recent evolution in technologies and gadgets. There should be more consistent energy storage options apart from the traditional chemical batteries. A new kind of electrochemical capacitor for storing more charge here gives immense hope for us. Developed by a team of researchers under Maher [...]
Aquion Energy Develops Breakthrough Energy Storage Technology
About one fifth of the world’s population lacks access to electricity. It is one of biggest economic obstacles for people in developing countries, but one that could mean opportunities for a clean energy beginning with alternative energy. There are many possibilities for those excluded people and one of them is being developed by an American [...]
A123 Systems Likes China and India
A123 Systems Inc. (NYSE: AONE) is expanding its partnership with SAIC Motor Corporation Limited that began in 2009 with the founding of Advanced Traction Battery Systems, a battery pack joint venture company. The updated agreement outlines the business operations and required investment for a new battery manufacturing facility in China. The new facility will serve [...]
Ford’s New Electric Vehicles: Panasonic Inside
Japan’s Panasonic Corporation has signed an agreement with Ford Motor Company to supply lithium-ion battery cells for its upcoming electric and electric-hybrid vehicles. Panasonic battery’s will help power the Ford Fusion Hybrid Electric, the C-Max Hybrid Electric and the Ford Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids. This news comes just over a year after [...]
BASF Creates “Battery Materials” Unit
German-based chemical company BASF has been rather busy lately, exhibiting a strong desire to break into the red hot lithium-ion battery market. The company has created a new global business unit called “Battery Materials” and has started to acquire battery research and manufacturing companies at a frenzied pace. In February alone the company has purchased [...]
In Focus: Flexible Batteries
Would you consider wearing a battery ? Of course not, it might seem too dangerous. However, researchers from the Polytechnic School of Montreal in Canada under the leadership of Maksim Skorobogatiy have made the idea possible. They have created a prototype of a flexible battery that can be neatly entwined into fabrics. Similar to the [...]