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A123 Secures Supply Agreement with ALTe $AONE
Following the company’s recent deal with General Motors (GM), A123 Systems (AONE) has now secured a further ‘long-term’ supply agreement with ALTe, a developer of Range Extended Electric Powertrains used to repower light commercial vehicles. AONE’s advanced Nanophosphate technology will be used to build 21.6 kWh battery packs, forming a critical part of ALTe’s powertrain. [...]
Electric Vehicles With No Batteries?
You would be aware of a range of options available for running electrically powered vehicles, also commonly known as EVs. But, here’s an innovative concept taken up by Masahiro Hanazawa of Toyota Central R&D Labs, and by Takashi Ohira of Toyohashi University of Technology – A class-apart, environmentally friendly proposal to power EVs to run [...]
Toyota Ponders Solid State Batteries $TM
Toyota recently unveiled a prototype of its all-solid-state battery,the latest entrant in a technology niche that could become the next bigthing. In solid state batteries, a liquid electrode is replaced with a crystalline membrane or other solid. Orlando, Florida-based Planar Energy claims that it has come up with a formula for a crystalline batterythat can [...]
Ikea Greentech Makes 2.8M Investment in Alelion Batteries
Swedish furniture maker Ikea announced that its venture capital armhas invested US$2.8 million in Alelion Batteries marking the firm’sfirst investment. Established to invest in innovative clean-tech companies, Ikea Greentech has US$70.1 million at its disposal. This first investment makes Ikea thesecond largest investor in Alelion Batteries — a manufacturer of energy storage devices. Beyond the [...]
International Battery: Developing Batteries for Clean Energy Storage
A number of U.S. companies are leading the charge in developingbetter batteries for use in conjunction with clean energy systems. One such is International Battery (IB), an Allentown, Pennsylvania-based company that in 2008 opened thefirst large format rechargeable lithium-ion cell and batterymanufacturing facility in the United States. The battery maker recentlyrevealed a new, 24-volt, 4.1 kilowatt-hour [...]
Paper Thin Batteries Developed by Stanford Scientists
Researchers at the Stanford University have fabricated paper-thin flexible battery that can be used as a portable source ofpower for flexible displays and even roll-able cellphones. The batteries have been made by coating a regular sheet of paper with a thin film ofcarbon nanotubes and then a thin layer of lithium compound. These thin flexible [...]
How Batteries from A123 Systems Benefit Solar $AONE
A123 Systems located the continent’s largest lithium ion batteryplant, which it just opened on Tuesday, in Livonia, Mich. to make itsproducts more accessible to United States auto manufacturers. Butelectric cars aren’t the only things the batteries are designed topower. “Our batteries are very well suited for use on the grid,” said AndyChu, vice president of [...]
Sanyo Teams Up With UCSD on Solar and Batteries
To remain among the top three suppliers ofsolar-panel solutions tied to ‘smart energy’ systems, Sanyo is bettingon delivering better R&D, and working with the Ivory Tower. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Sanyo NorthAmerica jointly announced an agreement to collaborate on theUniversity’s energy-storage project. The two entities revealed detailsof a multi-year, multi-disciplinary agreement [...]
Police Cars in Mexico Use Solar to Juice Up Batteries
I understand that we all hate getting preached. We hate to be told tothings the right way every time. The reason I am writing thisphilosophical stuff here is because, it’s always that some company orthe other keeps making some EV or some solar battery for the consumerand we forever told to go green. Even if [...]