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A123 Systems, Tata Motors Ink Lithium Battery Deal
Some much needed news this morning for a company that continues to struggle and bleed red ink- A123 Systems (AONE). Many wonder whether this company ultimately survives and that’s reflected in the stock price which plunged about 80% last year. This morning the company has announced it will be the lithium battery supplier for Tata [...]
IBM’s Lithium Air Battery $IBM
IBM could be on the verge of achieving a breakthrough in battery technology that could give electric cars a 500 mile range, overcoming the range anxiety barrier to the adoption of electric cars. The air breathing battery has a lithium anode and a carbon matrix cathode. When the battery is delivering power or discharging, the [...]
In Focus: Lithium Air battery Technology
Lithium-air batteries were proposed for vehicular propulsion in the 1970s because of their potentially high specific power and high specific energy. More recently, these batteries have attracted attention for military applications. Lithium provides the highest specific energy, compared to any of the common metals used in metal/air batteries. Furthermore, Li-air batteries are capable of achieving [...]
Sanyo, Panasonic Introduce Everleds Lithium-ion Solar Street Light
Sanyo and Panasonic recently announced the launch of the Everleds Lithium-ion Solar StreetLight that is designed to reduce impact on the environment. Thehigh-tech street light is made by combining solar cells and lithium-ionbatteries. The high efficiency solar cells harness solar energy andstore it in the lithium-ion batteries attached to the back of the panel. Unlike [...]
MIT Research Unveils New Lithium-Ion Battery
We have long accepted the image of the 21st century that includes iPhones and robots and flat screen televisions and electric vehicles… Now, a research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is creating the latest in new-wave technology: rechargeable fabric batteries. That’s right. Rechargeable batteries are no longer reserved for your cell phone and [...]
AltairNano Looking To Supply Batteries For Hawaii Solar Project (ALTI)
As part of its push into grid-scale electricity storage, Altair Nanotechnologies is looking to supply its lithium-ion batteries to support a 1.4-megawatt solar project on the Hawaiian island of Lanai. That’s according to Joe Heinzmann, senior director of energy storagesolutions for the Reno, Nev.-based battery maker, who was in San Jose,Calif. on Thursday at a [...]