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MARCH 31, 2016

forecasts that the global lead acid battery market will reach US$76.44 Growing preference for pollution free hybrid & electric vehicles along with technological development is expected to drive lead acid battery demand over the forecast period. In a new report, Grand View Research, Inc. billion by 2022. and ATLASBX Co.,

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JULY 24, 2017

is acquiring a large portion of the Thai Storage Battery Public Company Limited (TSB Company), a manufacturer of automotive and industrial lead-acid storage batteries mainly in Southeast Asia, with a high market share in Thailand and elsewhere. Hitachi Chemical Co., Hitachi Chemical has acquired 43.9%

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

In a new report, Pike Research forecasts that the advanced lead-acid battery (LAB) market will expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8% Of the projected US$18-billion market in 2020, 58% of the sales will be from the transportation sector, historically one of the most of important industries for lead-acid batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company, is introducing three new grades of PBX carbon performance additives that are designed to improve lifetime and performance for advanced lead-acid batteries used in applications such as telecom, electric forklift, e-bike and small micro-hybrid vehicles.

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JANUARY 10, 2015

Battery Council International (BCI), the North American trade association representing the lead-based battery manufacturing, supply, recycling and distribution companies, announced their partnership with the China Battery Industry Association (CBIA). BCI and CBIA will work together to carry out the mission of each association. —Mark O.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

The company says that its proprietary AquaRefining is first environmentally friendly process to recycle lead-acid batteries (LABs). Interstate Batteries controls 20% of the lead-acid battery recycling market in the United States. Aqua Metals , Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium battery storage devices, has introduced high-capacity lithium-ion batteries as an alternative to the current industrial deep cycle lead acid batteries. —Balwinder Samra, CEO of Balqon Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

These modular systems allow the lead-acid battery industry to improve environmental impact and scale production simultaneously to meet rapidly growing demand. As it scales up capacity, Aqua Metals plans to hire hundreds of employees for existing and future operations across the United States.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2014

Researchers at MIT have devised an environmentally-responsible process to recycle materials from discarded automotive lead-acid batteries to fabricate efficient organolead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs)—a promising new large-scale and cost-competitive photovoltaic technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

Owens Corning is exhibiting its newly-branded LifeMat glass non-woven solutions for flooded lead-acid batteries or start-stop systems at Baltimore’s Battery Council International (BCI). The LifeMat pasting mat contributes to extending the lifecycle of traditional lead-acid batteries by preventing positive active mass shedding.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2014

lead-acid battery recycling facility. EPA’s investigation, prompted by community concerns as well as ongoing investigations by state and local agencies, found that Exide violated the Clean Air Act’s lead emissions standards on more than 30 occasions. Any violation of the SIP is a violation of the federal Clean Air Act.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

UNO MINDA) have agreed to establish a joint venture company to develop, manufacture and sell lead acid storage batteries in India to meet rapidly growing demand. Panasonic Corporation and Minda Industries Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

The Xcelion 6T is a lithium-ion (Li-ion) drop-in replacement for lead-acid batteries that provides equivalent power of two lead-acid batteries at a quarter of the weight and half the volume. kWh) that is designed within the dimensions of a traditional lead-acid battery, enabling easy installation into the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

Lead-acid battery maker Exide Technologies filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. Exide Technologies, with operations in more than 80 countries, is one of the world’s largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The petition was filed in the District of Delaware.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium ( ALABC ) announced the additions of several companies to its membership list, bringing its current membership to 66 companies—its highest tally ever.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2013

A team of Penn State researchers is developing more cost-effective ways to prolong the life of valve regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, such as those applied in Norfolk Southern Railway No. 999—the first all-electric, battery-powered locomotive in the United States. Earlier post.). Ying Shi, Christopher A. 2012.08.013.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This market is currently heavily dominated by lead-acid battery solutions that cannot keep up with the demands of today’s warehouse and logistics environments. Electrovaya Inc. has introduced a new Lithium-ion ceramic product line for the Class I and II forklift markets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

East Penn is a leading manufacturer of high quality lead-acid batteries and accessories for the automotive, commercial, marine, motive power, UPS and telecommunication markets.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

In order to meet the demands of modern lead acid battery applications, the technology must provide higher levels of charge acceptance to boost system efficiency and delay common failure mechanisms such as sulfation or dendritic growth. The company had earlier reported on the impact of dCNT addition primarly to the negative electrode.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 24, 2022

He published the lead op-ed in the journal Science’s special climate change issue last month (June 24, 2022). By James Morton Turner, an environmental studies professor at Wellesley College and author of the forthcoming book "Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future."

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

for the issuance of a Stipulation and Order that addresses the two central concerns identified in the April 2013 order to suspend Exide’s operations at its lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon, CA. has operations in more than 80 countries and is one of the world’s largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The ECO R product line consists of four advanced lead acid, VRLA (Valve-regulated Lead-Acid Battery) products. . , a US subsidiary of GS Yuasa Group of Japan, introduced the ECO R line of advanced storage batteries targeting the renewable energy market. This robust design provides up to 4,000 deep discharge cycles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Leveraging a dual voltage architecture, Johnson Controls’ Micro Hybrid battery system would involve a low voltage lead-acid battery and a 48 volt Lithium-ion battery that enable optimization of energy generation and consumption, thus saving fuel. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2021

Eaton’s Vehicle Group is developing a wide range of 48-volt energy storage solutions, including lead-acid batteries and supercapacitors. Eaton’s Electrical Components Group is our partner for supercapacitors, and we will be working with most commercial vehicle battery manufacturers for lead-acid batteries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

The lead-acid battery technology, adapted from military use in tanks, is maintenance-free and can operate at temperatures of up to -20 °C. Available from £30,000 (US$47,000), the XT320E costs around half the price of the current 3.5t Payload is 1,000 kg. The XT320E. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2010

the largest supplier of automotive batteries, is investing $118 million to build a third automotive lead-acid battery plant in China, to be located in Chongqing. Johnson Controls, Inc., These plants support our plan to install capacity for 30 million batteries annually in China by 2015.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 24, 2012

The humble lead-acid battery, the planet's most recycled product, has been starting engines and providing power for car electrics ever since such a thing was required. It's quite easy to forget that cars have been using batteries for years before hybrids and electric vehicles arrived.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

The LC Super Hybrid, conceived by Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) and the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) to show that significant CO 2 reduction can be achieved through electric hybridization at low voltages (12-48 volts) using the latest lead-carbon batteries, will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The Battery Council says: recycle a lead acid battery and be an 'environmental success story'. But I wondered - who ends up with the lead?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Firefly’s microcell battery technology delivering 4-6 times the lifetime energy compared with traditional Valve Regulated Lead Acid (“VRLA”) batteries. Firefly is developing a portfolio of lead-acid battery technologies and products to enhance performance within major portions of the $30 billion worldwide battery marketplace.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

This approximately 137,000 square foot facility is currently vacant and was previously used for the recycling of lead-acid batteries, and as such is already designed and permitted for similar operations.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 15-year agreement allows for Glencore to purchase up to 100% of ACE’s products from four of its planned lead-acid and lithium-ion battery recycling parks being built in the United States, India and Thailand. million tons of recycled metals containing lead, lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

developer of a portfolio of next-generation lead-acid battery technologies ( earlier post ), has shut down and is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation rather than reorganization as with Chapter 11). PJStar.com. Seven-year-old Firefly Energy Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Freescale Semiconductor introduced the MM912J637 intelligent battery sensor (IBS), which accurately measures the voltage, current and temperature of lead-acid batteries and calculates the battery state, all while operating in harsh automotive conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2009

Exide Technologies entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the University of Idaho to develop and commercialize improvements on lead-acid battery technology for applications including hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

For technical and socioeconomic reasons, 12V lead-based batteries will continue to be the essential mass-market system in Class 1 vehicles for the foreseeable future (and as auxiliary batteries in Class 2 and 3 vehicles). stop-in-motion, voltage stabilisation).

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