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Porsche announces lithium ion starter battery

Lithium ion batteries are all the rage these days with so many manufacturers planning to use them for hybrid and battery electric vehicles. Porsche today announced that it will be the first automaker to offer a lithium ion starter battery for conventional vehicles. The new battery will be available as an option for the 911 GT3, 911 GT3 RS and Boxster Spyder. The main reason for using this type of battery is weight reduction, since the 13 pound lithium unit cuts 22 pounds off the mass of the standard lead acid battery. The lithium battery ... Read more →

Denso wants to standardize hybrid components, make batteries Sam Abuelsamid

Japanese automotive supplier Denso wants to expands its business of selling components and systems for hybrid and electric powertrains and sees standardization as a way to get there. Toyota is Denso's ...

Mitsubishi Fuso delivers hybrid trucks in Europe, getting lithium batteries from SK Energy Sam Abuelsamid

Mitsubishi Fuso is moving full speed ahead in the hybrid truck market. The Japanese truck maker that is 85 percent owned by Daimler recently made the first deliveries of its Canter EcoHybrid in ...

LG Chem to Build $300-Million Advanced EV Battery Plant in Michigan Sam Abuelsamid

A new report is indicating that LG Chem is moving forward with plans to be build a $300 million advanced battery plant in southwest Michigan in the near future. The plant will be used to build ...

Lutz says Volt's batteries are "flawless" Sebastian Blanco

Now that we've seen at least a blurry vision of the Chevy Volt's exterior and a Photoshopped front end (above), how about hearing a bit more about the inside, specifically the batteries? According to ...

Air Products gets patents for Stabilife and lithium ion batteries 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The company called Air Products, which deals in atmospheric gases and related matters, announced last week that it was awarded two patents (#7,311,993 and #7,348,103, and both called "Polyfluorinated Boron Cluster Anions for Lithium Electrolytes) for lithium-ion batteries. The patents involve Air ...

Continental buys into Enax, a Japanese battery company 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The automotive li-ion battery world got a little cozier today, with the news that Continental has purchased a 16 percent stake in the Japanese "battery specialist" (Automotive News Europe's words) Enax. ANE says that the two companies will together develop "high storage batteries for automotive ...

Most promising green technologies number one: lithium ion batteries 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Some day, the world may rely solely on electric transportation. While that day is pretty far off in the future, when it happens it will likely be because the lithium ion battery which led the way. Currently, a large number of vehicles in the product-pipeline are scheduled to be released with ...

Battery breakthroughs abound 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/High_Tech_Battery_breakthroughs_abound'; In an attempt to keep our readers up to date on the very latest developments in technology as it pertains to transportation and the lessening of our carbon footprints, we often burn the midnight oil and labor to ...

The karma of lithium ion batteries: how Tibet plays a role in green car technology 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The recent Tibetan independence demonstrations and the Chinese response have, in this Olympic year, turned the eyes of the world towards the "roof of the world." There have been some who have called for the boycott of the Olympic games and Chinese products as a result of the harshness of the ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The other day, Dr. Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc. was up in Vancouver, BC for the Auto FutureTech Summit. While AutoblogGreen wasn't able to attend the show, we did get a hold of Dr. Patil on the phone for about 15 minutes to talk about CPI's lithium ion batteries and get Dr. Patil's ...

Tesla on battery recycling 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the enduring issues related to battery-powered cars is what becomes of those massive batteries when they reach end of life? As one of the first companies to utllize large-scale lithium ion batteries, Tesla is addressing this problem even before they start series production. In the latest ...

Hybrid Technologies slashes prices for 2008! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you've had a hankering for a full battery electric version of a MINI, PT Cruiser, Smart ForTwo or Toyota Yaris, the price tag just got a little more manageable. Lost Wages-based Hybrid Technologies has been doing EV conversions for a while now and apparently the cost of their lithium ion ...

Johnson Controls and Saft to build lithium ion battery plant in France 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Johnson Controls and Saft have a partnership to produce lithium ion batteries for automotive applications. Among other projects they are one of the two suppliers chosen for GM's Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid program. Saft has also provided lithium ion battery packs for concept vehicles such as the Chevy ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: The latest on Volt batteries with Denise Grey 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/The_Latest_on_Chevy_Volt_Batteries_Q_A_with_GM_Director'; At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week we were able to catch up again with Denise Grey, the Director of Energy Storage Systems for General Motors for another update on battery ...

Continental plans to start series production of LiIon batteries in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It appears Continental Automotive may be the first major company to start series production of automotive lithium ion batteries. According to an interview in German Magazine Auto Motor und Sport, Continental CEO Manfred Wennemer announced the company would start series production of automotive ...

Stanford researcher claims lithium ion breakthrough 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Stanford University Materials Science Asst. Prof Yi Cui had developed what is claimed to provide a breakthrough in electrical energy storage. Instead of having an anode comprised of a solid mass of silicon and carbon, Cui and his research team have developed one based on a bundle of silicon ...

Mitsubishi and GS Yuasa establish Lithium Energy Japan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In May 2007, Mitsubishi Motors announced that they would be collaborating with Mitsubishi Corporation and battery supplier GS Yuasa on the development of large format lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications. The three companies have now created a joint venture to pursue this work. The new ...

Ener1 chairman says lithium-ion batteries coming to market in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At EVS23, AutoblogGreen had a chance to speak with the chairman of Ener1, Inc., Charles Gassenheimer, about his company's batteries and the future of Enerdel's lithium-ion batteries in automotive applications. He told us then that "We think 2008 is going to be a very exciting year for us." Now we ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Denise Gray talks batteries, state of charge and more 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Prior to the opening of the LA Auto Show this week, AutoblogGreen sat down with Denise Gray of General Motors to talk about batteries. Denise is the director of Hybrid Vehicle Energy Storage Systems and oversees all the battery development going at GM for vehicles ranging from the new Two-Mode ...

Volkswagen teaming with German companies to advance lithium ion technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Much like the companies involved in the US Advanced Battery Consortium here in the United States, Volkswagen is teaming up with other German companies to develop lithium ion battery systems. VW is teaming up with such companies as Bosch, Degussa, BASF and others and the group will invest €360 ...

Ricardo and QinetiQ partner on reducing cost of lithium ion batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Power-train engineering consultant Ricardo is partnering with QinetiQ to try bring the cost of lithium ion batteries down so that they can be commercially viable. They have launched a two-year project called RED-LION (reduced cost lithium ion) to try and slash the cost of advanced batteries without ...

First prototype Chevy Volt battery packs arrive 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz spoke to the Detroit Free Press on a wide range of product topics today and revealed some very important news. The first prototype battery packs for the Chevy Volt have arrived at GM's test labs this week. Compact Power was first to the line with a pack for testing ...

2010 could bring Hyundai Elantra hybrid with lithium ion battery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Come 2010, the Chevy Volt might not be the only car on the road with a lithium ion battery pack from LG (via their Compact Power Inc. subsidiary). Hyundai is currently testing a fleet of hybrid Elantras in Korea and wants to have a full production hybrid soon. A hybrid Elantra could arrive on ...

Mitsubishi iMiEV gets 20-30 percent more range from new battery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Mitsubishi i MiEV stores energy for propulsion in a lithium ion battery pack that now has twenty to thirty percent more capacity than the last version. The battery is produced by a new joint venture company owned by GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi. With these latest cells, the i MiEV has had its range ...

Tesla not considering Iron-Phosphate batteries for the Roadster 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A reader recently dropped us a note with a link to an article in the Taiwan Economic News about a battery manufacturer there called Pihsiang Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (PHET). PHET is reportedly working on lithium iron-phosphate cells for use in various applications including electric cars. For ...

Nissan to build an EV by 2010 with tech from Mixim concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan's European product boss Pierre Loing has told BusinessCar that the company plans to introduce a production electric car in Japan by the end of the decade. The car will use some of the technology at the heart of the Mixim concept that was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week. The ...


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