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Simple Charging Routine Can Considerably Reduce Risk of Battery Failure

Simple Charging Routine Can Considerably Reduce Risk of Battery Failure

As reduced lifespan and performance is the likely result of leaving a battery in storage unmaintained, CTEK, a global battery care brand, is advising vehicle owners to start a simple charging routine to considerably reduce the risk of battery failure. [More]
Anode Respiring Bacteria Can Produce Harvestable Energy

Anode Respiring Bacteria Can Produce Harvestable Energy

Bacteria are often associated with their disease-causing capacity or alternatively, with their role as normal residents of the human body, where they perform duties essential to health. [More]
NorthStar's Fast Recharging Blue + Battery Delivers Long Life on Unstable Power Grids

NorthStar's Fast Recharging Blue + Battery Delivers Long Life on Unstable Power Grids

NorthStar's new premium AGM Blue + Battery delivers fast recharging and high PSOC cyclic performance, for long life on very unstable power grids, and impressive fuel savings when used with hybrid telecom power systems. [More]
High Performance Lithium Titanate Oxide Cell Developed for Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Applications

High Performance Lithium Titanate Oxide Cell Developed for Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Applications

Energy Innovation Group Ltd. (EIG) a South Korean manufacturer of large format lithium ion battery cell technology, announced today the development of an LTO cell targeting and enabling applications requiring high charge/ discharge rates, long cycle life, and broad operating temperature range. [More]
Fluctuating Renewable Capacities Necessitate Storage and Smart Grid Expansion

Fluctuating Renewable Capacities Necessitate Storage and Smart Grid Expansion

On May 1, 2013 access to one of Germany's investment incentive programs will be granted, but only to the bright spark who is able to solve the problem of storage capacity and the balancing of decentralized power generation. [More]
Primary Inventor of the UltraBattery Retires

Primary Inventor of the UltraBattery Retires

Bringing down the cost of hybrid electric vehicles and making it easier to integrate more renewable energy into the grid are just some of the achievements of CSIRO’s UltraBattery. [More]
CalCharge, San Jose State University Introduce New Battery University Program

CalCharge, San Jose State University Introduce New Battery University Program

CalCharge, an energy storage innovation accelerator, and San Jose State University, the number one supplier of graduates to Silicon Valley, are teaming up to launch a "battery university" in the high-tech capital of the world. [More]
Innovative Ion-Conducting Material May Extend Range of Electrically Powered Automobiles

Innovative Ion-Conducting Material May Extend Range of Electrically Powered Automobiles

Innovative lithium-air batteries will hopefully extend the range of tomorrow’s electrically powered automobiles by several times. The SCHOTT technology group is currently developing an innovative ion-conducting material for this purpose as part of the publicly funded research project GLANZ (“SHINE”), which stands for “anodes and cells protected by glass.” [More]
Automaker DongFeng Places Order for Electrovaya’s Lithium Ion SuperPolymer Batteries

Automaker DongFeng Places Order for Electrovaya’s Lithium Ion SuperPolymer Batteries

Electrovaya Inc. today announced that it has received an initial contract to produce prototypes to deliver complete electric vehicle battery systems for DongFeng Motors' two electric vehicle platforms. DongFeng Motors (DFM) plans to commercially launch these two electric vehicles by late 2013. [More]
Penn State Researchers Look for Ways to Prolong Battery Life for Locomotive

Penn State Researchers Look for Ways to Prolong Battery Life for Locomotive

Norfolk Southern Railway No. 999 is the first all-electric, battery-powered locomotive in the United States. [More]
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