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EV Car Batteries Head To Energy Storage Frontier
EarthTechling
by Angeli Duffin, January 27th, 2012 With the thousands of minds and millions of dollars put into developing electric vehicle car batteries, it makes sense that companies are starting to “think outside the car” and look for the next application for ...

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Surfside police arrest battery thieves, close months investigation
SCNow
A press release from SBPD said Williams Shane Blackmon, 24 of Myrtle Beach, Tonya Ann Bowles, 37 of Conway, and Charles Malcolm Rheuark, 35 of Conway, were arrested just after noon after a resident reported the tree were stealing car batteries from a ...
Three arrested after report of stolen car batteriesWMBF

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DailyTech

Ener1, Parent of Obama-Backed Green Company, Files for Bankruptcy
ABC News
Alex Sorokin, the CEO for lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, said the company suffered when demand for the batteries dropped as fewer Americans than expected opted for electric cars. "This was a difficult, but necessary, decision for our company," ...
Parent of Obama-backed battery maker goes bankruptUSA TODAY
Science Battery Maker EnerDel/Ener1 Received $118M DOE Grant, Now Filing for ...DailyTech
Battery firm owner files Chapter 11Detroit Free Press

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Forbes

Electric Vehicles: Conservative Media Recklessly Distort Volt Safety
REVE
Conservative media have misrepresented the results of electric car Chevy Volt crash tests, claiming the lithium ion batteries "blow up" and are a "fire trap," and suggesting that fires have occurred during use. In fact, fires only occurred after crash ...
How the Chevy Volt Became a Political Punching BagDailyFinance
House Committee holds hearing on Chevy Volt fire, NHTSA investigationSearch-Autoparts.com
Safety agency head: Government 'pulled no punches' in investigating battery ...Washington Post
CTV.ca -Forbes
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Genius wireless mouse does away with batteries
ZDNet (blog)
I am so enamored of my solar-powered, wireless keyboard from Logitech that I had to mention a new product that I just heard about from Taiwanese technology company Genius: a battery-free mouse called the DX-ECO BlueEye Mouse. According to the product ...

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Forbes

Conservative Media Recklessly Distort Volt Safety
Media Matters for America
Conservative media have misrepresented the results of Chevy Volt crash tests, claiming the batteries "blow up" and are a "fire trap," and suggesting that fires have occurred spontaneously during use. In fact, fires only occurred after crash tests and ...
How the Chevy Volt Became a Political Punching BagDailyFinance
House Committee holds hearing on Chevy Volt fire, NHTSA investigationSearch-Autoparts.com
GM CEO defends company over Chevy Volt battery firesCTV.ca
Washington Post -Forbes -The New American
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Huge Demand Expected For Lithium-Ion Batteries
Renew Grid
by Renew Grid on Friday 27 January 2012 Global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to grow at a rapid pace between now and 2015, according to a report from IDC Energy Insights. This will lead to an increase in the manufacturing capacity of ...
K2 Energy Solutions Experiences Growing Demand for its Lithium Ion Battery ...MarketWatch (press release)

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GS Battery (USA) Inc.: ECO R® Designed Into Suniva's Balance of System ...
Sacramento Bee
27, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- GS Battery (USA) Inc. today announced it has begun to supply its ECO R model SLC 70-4 and SLX246-12 batteries for use in Suniva's Balance of System Solutions (BOSS). Co-Branded with the Suniva and GS Battery logo, ...

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Forbes

How the Chevy Volt Became a Political Punching Bag
DailyFinance
It uses a lithium-ion battery pack, a newer kind of battery than those used in most hybrid cars. The fire raised questions about the safety of the new battery technology. After the fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -- the federal ...
House Committee holds hearing on Chevy Volt fire, NHTSA investigationSearch-Autoparts.com
GM CEO defends company over Chevy Volt battery firesCTV.ca
Safety agency head: Government 'pulled no punches' in investigating battery ...Washington Post
Forbes -The New American -Wall Street Journal
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GS Battery (USA) Inc.: ECO R® Designed Into Suniva's Balance of System ...
MarketWatch (press release)
27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- GS Battery (USA) Inc. today announced it has begun to supply its ECO R model SLC 70-4 and SLX246-12 batteries for use in Suniva's Balance of System Solutions (BOSS). Co-Branded with the Suniva and GS Battery logo, ...

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