Sunday, May 26, 2013
Exactly three years since the day the Chevrolet Volt concept car debuted, GM yesterday manufactured the first advanced lithium-ion battery for a mass-marketed electric vehicle at GM’s Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant. “This is an important milestone for GM – and a critical step in bringing the Chevrolet Volt to market,” said GM Chairman and [...]
When the clock strikes 12:00 a.m. in the U.K. on Dec. 31, manufacturers of automotive and industrial batteries in the U.K. will become responsible to arrange the collection, treatment and recycling of such batteries, free of charge, if requested by business end-users and final holders. The new regulations will also require battery manufacturers to register [...]
As recently displayed with the the battery being used in the Chevrolet Volt, rigorous testing is a vital part of the battery production process. One of the nation’s leaders in this type of testing, BATLab(Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory) at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., will now be able to ramp up its efforts as it has just become the recipient [...]
2009 has been a busy year for Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 Systems. Having already landed a contract to supply Chrysler with lithium ion batteries, received nearly $250 million in grant money from the U.S. Gov’t, and launched a public stock offering; A123 Systems is now capping off this calendar year with the announcement that they’re [...]
With the future of GM resting largely upon the success of the Chevrolet Volt, and with the success of the Volt largely dependent on the development of a battery that can truly be classified as a ‘game-changer’; GM is doing its best to ensure prospective Volt owners that the batteries powering the new vehicle are [...]
“I have no doubt that every lithium-ion battery manufacturer with an operating factory and a quality product will have more customer demand than it can possibly satisfy. I also expect the emergence of more robust lithium-ion batteries to create entirely new classes of demand that we don’t even recognize today.”-John Petersen, former director of Axion [...]
One by one, battery manufacturers and developers who were awarded portions of the $2.4 billion in grant money under President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act appear to be experiencing success through partnerships with automakers nationwide. The latest benefactor of the Obama administration’s investment into energy storage to land a significant contract with a major [...]
Japanese tech-corporation Toshiba has already made quite a few headlines this year with the release of it’s Direct Methanol Fuel-Cell (DMFC) technology. Toshiba hasn’t stopped there, however, as they have boldly pronounced themselves as main players in the worldwide race to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. “No confidence, no investment,” was [...]
While his sights may not be set as high as political leaders from Michigan or Indiana; Texas Governor Rick Perry still sees his state as a player in the energy storage and alternative energy industries. Gov. Perry made this clear yesterday as he announced that his state will invest $250,000 in ActaCell Inc., a start-up firm [...]
When the head of a company has enough faith in it’s product that he’s willing to drink battery fluid in order to prove it’s worth, success becomes nearly inevitable. The Chinese battery manufacturer BYD recently landed a major battery supply deal from one of China’s top auto manufacturers, the first domestic automaker to sign up for [...]
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 [...]
