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FAA grounds US Boeing 787 Dreamliners after second incident with Li-ion battery; GS Yuasa Lithium Power the manufacturer

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The FAA said it will work with the manufacturer and carriers to develop a corrective action plan to allow the US 787 fleet to resume operations as quickly and safely as possible. The Li-ion batteries in the Dreamliner are manufactured by GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GSYLP). Earlier post.).

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Tier 1 HELLA evaluating PowerGenix NiZn batteries for 48V mild hybrid vehicles

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PowerGenix, the developer of nickel-zinc (NiZn) rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ), has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a Tier 1 supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide. billion market for energy storage devices, according to a 2012 Lux Research report on micro and mild hybrids. Earlier post.)

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Navigant: 2016 advanced battery shipments through Q3 = 323M cells and $3.8B in sales

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The majority of the advanced batteries in 2016 have been manufactured in Asia Pacific and shipped around the world. Advanced batteries energy capacity by segment, world markets: 3Q 2016. million individual battery cells, 16.1 GWh of energy capacity, 61.4 GW of power capacity, and $3.8 billion in sales. Source: Navigant Research.

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Tesla files patent to recover and recycle nickel and cobalt in old batteries

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The patent is titled “Metal Sulfate Manufacturing System via Electrochemical Dissolution” and was filed by three Tesla engineers. Battery manufacturing has been a central focus of electric car companies since day 1. . Metal Sulfate Manufacturing System via Electrochemical Dissolution by Joey Klender on Scribd.

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Saft and ESMA to Cooperate on Supercapacitor Development, Production and Commercialization; Heavy Diesels First Target

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The first results will be seen later in 2009, when Saft’s US manufacturing facility in Valdosta, GA begins production of a new generation of asymmetric nickel supercapacitors that will work in combination with batteries on heavy vehicles in a large variety of markets including, but not limited to, industry or public transportation.

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PSA evaluating PowerGenix NiZn batteries for start-stop systems

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Nickel-zinc batteries are chemically similar to nickel-cadmium, but differ significantly in their voltage. The nickel-zinc cell delivers more than 0.4V per cell, an inherent value of the nickel-zinc cell lies in the reduced cell count required for a multi-cell battery. With the additional 0.4V Earlier post.).

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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It was manufactured in small volumes by Exxon, appeared at an electric vehicle show in Chicago in 1977, and served briefly as a coin cell battery. Up to that time, the best rechargeable battery had been nickel cadmium, which put out a maximum of 1.3 The market just wasn’t going to be big enough. But then Exxon dropped it.