Thursday, May 23, 2013
“You can book it right now that it will be the product that kids of this generation grow up with and look back on with affection just like we did with the first video games. Video games changed how we grew up. The iPad will change how kids grow up.” Mark Cuban Apple’s new iPad [...]
Throughout most of the northern hemisphere, the cold winter season has many eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring and the warmer temperatures that come with it. Unfortunately, there’s still some time left before the snow and cold give way to sunshine and heat. For those who are super sensitive to frigid air and find themselves [...]
Better Place, the California-based company proposing to set up a network of battery swap stations for electric vehicles, recently announced that it has raised $350 million in investor financing to help advance its plans.
In what’s been a growing trend of alliances between automobile makers and electronics manufacturers, Panasonic and Tesla Motors have recently announced a deal in which both companies will work together to develop and produce next-generation battery cells for electric vehicles. With hybrid and all-electric vehicles becoming more common by the day, auto manufacturers worldwide are [...]
“If we want to reduce our dependence on oil, put Americans back to work and reassert our manufacturing sector as one of the greatest in the world, we must produce the advanced, efficient vehicles of the future.” – President Obama Recipients of $49 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the hybrid [...]
Researchers at Stanford University are working to take the same battery technology they developed for ink and paper to produce a battery that could be worn in everyday clothing. The research team, headed by Yi Cui, noticed a strong and growing interest in lightweight, flexible, and wearable electronics and decided to develop a new type [...]
For the second time in less than a year, the American lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the Japanese industrial trading giant ITOCHU Corporation to develop and produce advanced battery systems. This time around, however, EnerDel will work with ITOCHU’s real estate arm in order to create a battery system for a residential smart grid [...]
While a lithium ion battery-powered ship being developed by the Japanese shipbuilding company IHI Marine United may have the appearance of a vessel designed for cruel intentions, this potentially revolutionary ferry could turn out to be the future when it comes to aquatic mass-transportation. The ship is being designed to carry up to 800 passengers [...]
There truly is nothing that Coca-Cola cannot do, including serving as the power source for a new type of Nokia cell phone. We’ve seen batteries being powered by urine, and now we have a Coke-powered battery giving a cell phone the juic..soda necessary to properly function. “Bio battery is an ecologically friendly energy generates electricity [...]
Following up on what was an eventful 2009 for Massachusetts-based A123 Systems, the up and coming battery manufacturer has started off the new decade by striking a battery supply agreement with Fisker Automotive. The recent recipient of nearly $250 million under Pres. Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will manufacture battery systems for the Fisker [...]
In most cases, the Yuasa YTX14-BS motorcycle battery is not factory sealed with electrolyte. This means the customer is responsible [...]
This article shows you how to clean corroded motorcycle battery terminals. The same technique can be used for all lead-acid [...]
