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Mapping of China?s Lithium Ion Industry
China government will spend RMB100 billion on new electric vehicles between 2011 and 2020. lithium ion batteries is the heart of new electric car.
Continue readingLithium-sulfur battery research receives $5 million from DOE
Penn State will work with EC Power, Johnson Controls, and Argonne National Laboratory to develop a battery that can provide 600 watt-hours per liter.
Continue readingFDK and Asahi Kasei Form Lithium Ion Capacitor JV
Demand is anticipated to grow most notably in applications for construction equipment, uninterruptible power supplies, and electric vehicles.
Continue readingA Way to Boost Battery Storage
A stretchy binder material that’s compatible with existing factories could help electric vehicles and portable electronics go 30 percent longer.
Continue readingLithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing JV in Germany with EnerSys
LTC is especially well positioned in the fast growing markets of hybrid electric electric vehicles and electric cars.
Continue readingNational labs leading charge on building better lithium ion batteries
The better anode built by Berkeley Lab could contribute to lowering the cost and extending the range of electric vehicles.
Continue readingChina Beckons for Green-Energy Startups
When the U.S. is ready to expand its Electric Vehicles market, we’ll be here.
Continue readingAmeriLithium Acquires Nevada-Based Lithium Brine Project
The next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles are being designed to use high-capacity Lithium-ion batteries.
Continue readingZinc Flow Air Battery (ZFAB) for electric vehicles and energy storage
ReVolt?s technology performance attributes provide the highest-energy density (up to 3 times that of Lithium Ion), low-cost, safe and green.
Continue readingSmart Grids Spur Demand for Lithium Ion Batteries
Beyond smart grids, lithium ion batteries are employed in a wide range of applications, including mobile handsets, notebook PCs, tablet computers, hybrid electric vehicles and electric cars.
Continue readingCD-adapco is leading lithium ion battery simulation team
CD-adapco is leading a Department of Energy co-funded simulation project team to pioneer techniques for lithium ion battery modeling as well as validating the created technology using industrial partners’ prototype batteries.
Continue readingSaft America advanced lithium-ion batteries plant opens in Jacksonville
Secretary Steven Chu joined with Saft America to announce the grand opening of the company’s Jacksonville, Florida, factory, which will produce advanced lithium-ion batteries to power electric vehicles.
Continue readingBoston-Power Gains $125M in New Financing
New Funding Fuels Momentum in Electric Vehicles.
Continue readingNorthern Graphite Reports Large Increase in Resources
The new resource estimate strongly demonstrates that future production could be scaled to much higher levels to meet anticipated demand growth from current uses as well as Li ion batteries.
Continue readingContinental enters lithium ion batteries partnership for electric car
Continental has announced it is partnering with lithium-ion battery specialist Akasol Engineering in order to develop the next generation of lithium-ion technology for electric vehicles.
Continue readingBatteries Market
Demand for lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries will be fueled by rapid growth in the production of electric vehicles.
Continue readingNASA announces lithium ion batteries projects
Amprius developed a unique ultra-high capacity silicon anode for lithium ion batteries that will enable NASA to dramatically improve the specific energy of mission critical rechargeable batteries.
Continue readingSaft Launches Lithium-Ion Battery Plant
This facility is dedicated to building advanced lithium-ion cells and batteries for energy storage for renewable energy, smart grid support, broadband back-up power, electric vehicles and defense.
Continue readingAEP Ohio installs a lithium-ion system
The electricity from wind energy and solar power needs to be used almost immediately, even if those power sources may not really be needed at the time.
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