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Saft awarded $6.5M contract for high-power 270V and 28V Li-ion aviation batteries for F-35

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Saft is developing advanced Li-ion battery technology for Lockheed Martin’s 5 th Gen F-35 Lightning II. In 2002 Saft America Inc. To help reduce the aircraft weight Saft proposed a high power 28 V Li-ion battery, and this battery was used to fulfill the SDD phase of the program. kW @ -26°C and 1.5kW @-40°C.

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Dassaults SVE to Combine with and Dow Kokam in Li-ion Battery Partnership for EVs

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Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (Dassault) and Dow Kokam LLC have signed an agreement that outlines the intention to combine the business activities of Dassault’s Société de Vehicles Electriques (SVE) unit with Dow Kokam, making Dassault a minority owner of Dow Kokam, a joint venture between Dow Chemical and Townsend Kokam for Li-ion batteries.

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TIAX spins out Li-ion Advanced Battery Materials & Design Division to become separate company

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CAMX Power will focus on licensing, customer support, and further enhancing its nickel-based high-energy and high-power cathode material CAM-7 for lithium-ion batteries. It will continue the development of other cell components and expand its work on battery safety technologies.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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The polyhedra aid the eye in seeing the ions grouped as (green) Fe/Mg-enclosing octahedra and (yellow) phosphate tetrahedra. The (blue) oxygen ions are made very small to permit viewing of the arrangement of the other ions. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs. Click to enlarge. ton trucks. “

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Li-ion Manufacturer Boston-Power Names Former GM Senior Executive Bob Purcell to Board; Expansion Into Transportation With a Focus on PHEVs and BEVs

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Li-ion manufacturer Boston-Power, Inc., From 1994 to 2002, Purcell led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group (GM ATV). Boston-Power’s battery technology platform is based on a flat, oval-shaped prismatic cell design with external dimensions equivalent to two conventional 18650 lithium-ion cells. Purcell, Jr.

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Li-ion Maker fortu PowerCell GmbH Considering Michigan Plant

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After a liquidation of the company in 2002, Hambitzer revived fortu in the summer of 2003. The system also allows a higher deintercalation state of the positive electrode to be reached than is possible with standard lithium-ion cells. Zinck et al.

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3M Forms Strategic Relationship with Amperex Technologies for NMC Li-Ion Cathode Materials

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(ATL) that will expand the use of nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries targeted at consumer electronics and automotive applications. Under the agreement, 3M granted ATL a license to 3M intellectual property for the use of 3M NMC cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries. Source: 3M.

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