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IBM Goes Full Steam Ahead on 500-Mile EV Battery Project

[ 0 ] October 12, 2009

“Battery technology has improved, but is still far inferior to gasoline in terms of how much energy they hold. The energy density—which is the amount of energy a lithium-ion battery stores per unit weight—is really not enough to produce a family-sized sedan with a 300- to 500-mile range.” -Spike Narayan, a key IBM researcher- IBM’s [...]

IBM Aggressively Seeking Battery Breakthrough

IBM Aggressively Seeking Battery Breakthrough

[ 0 ] June 26, 2009

“High-density, scalable energy storage technologies are emerging as the greatest game changer for this new era of renewable energy sources and smarter grids. Today, the vast majority of the world’s oil is burned for transportation. Energy sources, such as wind and solar power, fluctuate continuously. We believe the solution may lie in the development of [...]