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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Global sales top US $45 billion a year, on their way to more than $100 billion in the coming decade. Up to that time, the best rechargeable battery had been nickel cadmium, which put out a maximum of 1.3 By this time, Sony was considering developing its own rechargeable lithium battery, according to its corporate history.

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

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intelligence, which also got secret access to Crypto's machines, plans, sales records, and other data. Also in 1970, Hagelin's son Bo, who was the company's sales manager for the Americas and who had opposed the transaction, died in a car crash near Washington, D.C.). intelligence and the Swiss company. Swiss operation was code-named.