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IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage

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Leveraging expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, green chemistry and supercomputing, scientists at IBM Research’s Almaden lab in San Jose, California, are undertaking a multi-year research initiative around a grid-scale, efficient, affordable electrical energy storage network. not rechargeable. Almaden Institute.

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Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah 18650 Li-ion Cells

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Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. Ah cell has a nickel cathode and an energy density of 675 Wh/L. Ah lithium-ion battery with a nickel positive electrode (energy density: 620 Wh/L) in 2006. Volumetric energy density. The new 3.1 Earlier post.).

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

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The battery pack is comprised of 5,088 lithium-ion cells for a cummulative 35kWhrs of energy storage. The Tesla Roadster represents the evolution of AC Propulsion’s 12 year old tzero which in 2002 pioneered the use of lithium-ion batteries (6,800 cells) demonstrating 0-60mph acceleration times in the 3.6

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New “convection battery” could significantly increase performance of existing as well as new, improved battery chemistries

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Typical applications of the new convection battery would be plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric grid energy storage, they suggested. Ability to implement measures that will better-allow use of metallic lithium. Professor Suppes was the recipient of the 2006 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. announced a partnership with utility Southern California Edison to test a fleet of rechargeable electric vehicles and said it expected to sell such plug-in hybrids within the next decade if battery technology keeps pace.

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