Archive for July, 2009

Grid Storage Batteries and Ultracaps: An $8.3B Market by 2016
Greentech Media
That will mostly be batteries, though ultracapacitors will have their niche applications. If you're going to run the country on renewable energy,


Los Angeles Times
Car Compare: 2010?s Toyota Prius vs. Honda Insight
Wall Street Journal
Shoppers may wonder what happened to the light, powerful lithium batteries that were the buzz among hybrid enthusiasts and supposed to improve performance
Future of green cars depends on incentivesDetroit Free Press
2010 Toyota Prius HybridExaminer.com
2010 Toyota CarsNewsOXY
Autocar -AutoSpies.com -NewsOXY
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Examiner.com
Batteries: how to safely dispose of them
Examiner.com
You know how it is — the more gadgets we have, the more batteries we go through. Remote controls, toys, flashlights, cell phones, laptops – the list goes

Manufacturers' electric dreams likely to stumble on forecaster's
The Detroit News
It has unveiled a $685 million plan to build batteries for cars in Britain and Portugal. It has tantalized the British government with its thoughts about
Driving the Future: Nissan's All New Electric VehicleMotorTrend Magazine
Nissan provides e-car technical detailsEE Times Deutschland

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Rusnano invests in manufacture of solar batteries for spacecrafts
Nanowerk LLC
The project will produce gallium arsenide-based solar batteries for satellites and space stations, with battery efficiency increased from 15 to 32% compared

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Battery plant modernizing
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Johnson Controls' local plant produces batteries for trucks, cars, motorcycles and equipment. The company plans to replace 13 waterbath tables used to
Auto Supplier Investing in New EquipmentInside INdiana Business (press release)

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New company distributes battery fuel cells for security applications
SecurityInfoWatch
In addition, power is accessible whenever and where ever it is needed, the cell automatically recharges the battery when necessary and switches into sleep

Vinod Khosla On Why Clean Technology Is Misunderstood
Wall Street Journal
For example, getting better performance or longer life out of standard lithium-ion batteries – purported to be crucial for the environment – may in the end
Vinod Khosla On Why Lithium-ion Batteries Are OverhypedEarth2Tech

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NanoMarkets Publishes Report on Batteries and Supercapacitors for
PR Newswire (press release)
GLEN ALLEN, Va., July 30 /PRNewswire/ — The market for battery and supercapacitor storage systems for Smart Grid applications will grow from $1.5 billion
TMC, Intelligent Communications Partners Team for Web Site, ConferenceTMC Net

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Australian postal service bans lithium battery air lifts
ZDNet
The batteries have been classified as dangerous, leading the International Civil Aviation Organization to enact more stringent

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