Category BATTERY
Tesla, SolarCity quietly selling building battery projects
By Katie Fehrenbacher Apr. 17, 2012, 5:00am PT 16 Comments Electric car company Tesla and solar roof installer SolarCity have quietly been making deals that could one day lead to dozens of sales of battery projects coupled with rooftop solar systems built at both residential and commercial buildings in California. SolarCity confirmed the energy storage plans with me, […]
LiON Air Battery
Show full PR text IBM Research Boosts Battery 500 Project with New Materials PartnersAsahi Kasei and Central Glass to enhance electric vehicle lithium-air battery innovation SAN JOSE, Calif. – April 20, 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that two industry leaders — Asahi Kasei and Central Glass — will join its Battery 500 Project team […]
Focus On Fuel Savings
By Elyse Moody As mergers, consolidation and a stressed operational environment reshape commercial aviation, fuel efficiency has risen to the top of airline business concerns. Not only is it the industry’s single biggest expense, but economic and environmental pressures are forcing carriers to watch fuel consumption like a hawk. According to Airlines for America’s […]
ION POWER CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ENERGY LI-S CELLS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS
ION POWER CORPORATION: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ENERGY LI-S CELLS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS Organization Sion Power Corporation Website http://www.sionpower.com Point of Contact Dr. John Affinito Sion Power Corporation will develop an ultra-high energy lithium-sulfur battery able to power electric vehicles more than 300 miles between charges, with an energy density of 500 watt hours per kilogram that is three times that of […]
Car Batteries Are Not Just For the Car
By MATTHEW L. WALD Coda Automotive is supposed to start selling its electric sedannext month. On Friday, its parent company announced that it was also moving into a related line: stationary batteries for electricity storage. Coda Holdings will make minor modifications to battery packs for its cars, which use Chinese-manufactured lithium iron phosphate cells, and sell them individually […]
Car Batteries Could Give Power Storage a Jump
By Nick Leiber Dec 15, 2011 12:02 PM MT Comments Renewable energy would be a cinch if the sun shone all day and if the wind blew as reliably as the Earth spins. They don’t. And even whenwind turbines and solar panels are able to harness them, the sun and wind might not produce power exactly when customers […]
Using oxygen as a cathode could give lithium batteries 10 times the energy
Batteries That Breathe Using oxygen as a cathode could give lithium batteries 10 times the energy By NEIL SAVAGE / FEBRUARY 2011 Photo: Patrick Gillooly/MIT AIR SUPPLY: An oxygen cathode increases energy density but makes it hard to recharge. With the launch of the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, it’s been a big year for electric vehicles, but their batteries […]
New Investor Refocuses Boston Power On China
By JOHN O’DELL Lithium battery developer Boston Power is shifting its focus — and some of its manpower — to China after a Chinese-led investment group acquired a huge stake in the six-year-old startup. This week Beijing-based GSR Ventures and the People’s Republic of China announced a $125 million investment in the Massachusetts-based company, a deal […]
Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid
Peter DaSilva for The New York TimesZapcar electric cars charging in Califorina. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I would say […]
A Private Network for Recharging Cars
A prototype of the charging stations that would be sprinkled across the Houston area. A utility with operations around Texas is planning a network of 50 to 150 charging stations for electric cars in the Houston metropolitan area to eliminate “range anxiety,” and is talking with Nissan, Toyota and others about offering auto buyers […]
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