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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Prior to joining LGCPI in 2005, Dr. Patil spent 27 years of his professional career at Ford Motor Company in various engineering and management positions. With more than 35 years of experience, Dr. Manthiram’s research is focused on the development of low-cost, high-performance materials for batteries.

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American Ceramics Society Awards Technical Achievement Award to A123Systems

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A123 co-founder, Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang (Professor of Ceramics, MIT) began working on a recognized problem with lithium iron phosphate, the active material typically used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. A123Systems launched in 2005. (A A123Systems develops and sells nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries. A hat-tip to Chen!).

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Wireless charging company WiTricity scaling up EV charging capability as well as itself

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WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. After graduating in 1985 with bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics, she headed to MIT as a graduate student with the goal of pursuing a career in medical engineering.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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