A123 Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AONE) develops and manufactures advanced lithium ion batteries and battery systems for the electric cars, electric grid services and commercial markets.
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Energy Storage Markets in the Solar Power Industry
The solar energy industry is continuing to evolve and grow, leading to diverse opportunities in the energy storage space. Small lead-acid batteries have been used for many years in small off-grid photovoltaic.
Continue readingAmeriLithium Provides Update on Nevada Based Lithium Project
Lithium ion batteries being used increasingly in the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Continue readingUltracapacitors to Boost the Range of Electric Vehicles
Given the durability of ultracapacitors, even achieving energy storage of 100 watt-hours per kilogram?close to that of lithium-ion batteries?”would be fantastic.”
Continue readingK2 Energy Solutions Expands Its Lithium Iron Phosphate Product Line
K2 Energy Solutions, Inc. was founded to commercialize and manufacture rechargeable battery systems for electric vehicles and a wide variety of energy storage applications.
Continue readingAdvanced Battery Begins Construction of Battery Production Facility
Advanced Battery Technologies is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable polymer lithium-ion batteries, as well as a manufacturer of electric vehicles.
Continue readingInnovation in Electric Vehicles? Easy as A123
A123 is rolling out advanced lithium ion batteries technology that is helping power many of the electric cars that are on America?s roads today.
Continue readingEnergy Storage in the photovoltaic and concentrated solar energy
The report analyzes the opportunities for firms seeking to understand the opportunities created by energy-storage technologies in the solar power sector, and both PV and concentrating solar power are cover.
Continue readingJohnson Controls Supplies Electric Vehicles Batteries and Buys Ford Electric Cars
Johnson Controls, the auto battery company, has become both a supplier to and a user of electric vehicles. The company has ordered 20 electric vans from the Ford Transit Connect Electric Lead program.
Continue readingIncreased interest in lithium ion batteries
The majority of the world’s lithium production comes from brines, or salt lakes, where prospective lithium mineralization is generally hosted in brine horizons.
Continue readingBetter lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles
The puzzle is a lithium-rich compound material, Li1.2Co0.4Mn0.4O2, that holds key insights into the development of more powerful and robust batteries for electric cars.
Continue readingLithium-Ion Battery Maker Leyden Energy Named Finalist for 2011 TiE50 Award
Leyden Energy is a manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries for the consumer electronics, energy storage and electric vehicles.
Continue readingPanasonic to build lithium-ion battery factory in China
While the consumer electronics maker currently produces 80 to 90 percent of its lithium-ion batteries in Japan, it aims to boost the production ratio in China to 50 percent.
Continue readingEner1 Powering Electric Vehicles
Indianapolis-based Ener1 Inc. is donating lithium-ion batteries to some of the electric cars in this year’s Electric Vehicle Grand Prix at Purdue University.
Continue readingSaft to Supply Advanced Batteries to the Beijing Electric Vehicles
Johnson Controls-Saft, a global leader in the development and manufacture of advanced lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, will supply the complete battery system for two electric cars.
Continue readingEnergy Storage at Texas Wind Energy Plant
It will be the world’s largest power storage system for a wind farm. This system will store excess wind power and discharge it whenever demand for electricity is highest.
Continue readingSmall Batteries, Big Sales: The Unlikely Winners in the Electric Vehicles Market
As the first wave of electric cars have landed in the hands of consumers, the growing electric car market holds as much promise as it does peril.
Continue readingNREL Team Investigates Secondary Uses for Electric Vehicles Batteries
The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), industry and academia are teaming to give lithium ion batteries from electric cars a ?second life.?
Continue readingBattery Market for Electric Vehicles
Manufacturers need to develop more advanced battery technologies such as zinc-air batteries that help increase range and top speed especially in electric cars.
Continue readingArgentine lithium outlook
Argentina hopes to become a major producer and exporter of lithium, which are used in batteries for electric vehicles and power storage for alternative energy sources such as wind energy and solar power.
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