Posts Tagged ‘batteries’

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    A123 Finds Potential Safety Issue in Fisker Batteries
    Michigan EV battery maker A123 Systems said it found a “potential safety issue” in up to 50 battery packs it supplied to Calif.-based Fisker Automotive. David Vieau, chief executive of the Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 Systems, issued a memo, saying many of the lithium-ion battery packs have faulty cooling systems that create safety concerns. Misaligned hose...
    by at December 26th, 2011 at 01:12 am
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    GM Partners with ABB to Use Volt Batteries for Backup Power
    Grid equipment supplier ABB and General Motors demonstrated on Tuesday an energy storage system that combines electric vehicle battery technology and a grid-tied electric power inverter. The two companies are building a prototype that could lead to Chevrolet Volt battery packs storing energy, including renewable wind and solar energy, and feeding it back to the grid. The...
    by at July 21st, 2011 at 02:07 am
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    Electrovaya to Provide Batteries for Chrysler Electric Minivan Demonstration Fleet
    Electrovaya Inc. said today that it has signed a contract Chrysler to provide Lithium-Ion SuperPolymer battery systems for a test fleet of Town and Country minivans for a demonstration fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The 25 Chrysler minivans are part of Chrysler’s demonstration fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in partnership with the U.S. Department...
    by at June 14th, 2011 at 03:06 pm
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    Report: Recycling Rate for Metals in EV Batteries Les than 1%
    A report released by the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) finds that many metals used in batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles have a recycling rate less than one percent. Less than one-third of some 60 metals studied have an end-of-life recycling rate above 50 per cent and 34 elements, including neodymium, dysprosium, lanthanum and lithium, are below one percent recycling,...
    by at June 7th, 2011 at 04:06 am
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    New MIT Battery Could Make Charging as Quick as Pumping Gas
    Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today published details on a radically new approach to the design of batteries that could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric cars and the power grid. In a paper published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, they said the approach has the potential to boost...
    by at June 6th, 2011 at 01:06 pm
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    Small Batteries Mean Big Sales – Report
    The small is new big for the electric car market when it comes to battery-packs, according to a new report provided by Lux Research. The overall market for energy storage technologies that power electric cars is set to grow from $13 billion in 2011 to $30 billion in 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. But, while prominent plug-in passenger cars like the...
    by at April 13th, 2011 at 06:04 am
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    LG Chem Builds World’s Biggest Electric-Car Battery Plant
    LG Chem on Wednesday completed what it described as the world’s largest battery plant for electric cars with an annual battery production capacity for about 100,000 cars. LG Chem said it plans to spend $1.84 billion by 2013 on building one more plant in South Korea and another in the United States to expand its electric-car battery capacity. LG Chem said the plants,...
    by at April 6th, 2011 at 08:04 am
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    DOE Offers $17m Loan for Li-Ion Based Grid Storage System
    The U.S. Department of energy has offered AES Energy Storage, LLC a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee for $17.1 million to support the construction of a 20 megawatt (MW) energy storage system using advanced lithium-ion batteries. The AES project, located in Johnson City, New York, will help provide a more stable and efficient electrical grid for the state’s...
    by at August 2nd, 2010 at 01:08 pm
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    SK Energy to Provide Batteries for Hyundai-Kia Electric Cars
    SK Energy, South Korea’s top refiner will provide battery packs for future electric cars to be developed by country’s top automaker Hyundai-Kia. SK Energy will provide batteries for the i10, an electric car Hyundai-Kia aim to launch at the end of 2011. The electric i10 can run up to 99 miles (160 km) on a single charge range with a top speed of 81mph (130...
    by at July 24th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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    Stanford Develops Lithium-Sulfur Battery With High Specific Energy
    Researchers at Stanford University have developed an electrode that can be used to make more longer-lasting lithium-sulfur batteries. In 2007, the same team led by materials science professor Yi Cui, developed silicon nanowire anode that could hold 10 times as much charge as conventional lithium-ion batteries. By combining the new cathode with the previously developed...
    by at March 15th, 2010 at 05:03 am
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