Posts Tagged ‘ Battery ’

pSure, the unibody MacBooks have longer-lasting batteries. But for many, those improvements came at too high a cost–no swapping of spare batteries can be a lethal limitation. But for the folks at Sanho, it presented a dreamy business opportunity, and their line of batteries delivers the plug-and-go power that many of you crave, though...
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p class=nodeMetaInfoBy John Gartner/p div class=figure inlineRight width-300px img src=/files/jci-battery-plant-400.jpg alt=JCI Battery Plant title=JCI Battery Plant width=300 / p class=captionPlanners from Johnson Controls map out a new battery facility in Holland Michigan. Government grants, like the $299 million supplied to Johnson Controls by the Department of Energy, could mean 20,000 new jobs and a future glut...
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California buyers will have the chance to purchase a Chinese-built highway-capable all-electric car by the end of this year. That was the promise made by Coda Automotive CEO Kevin Czinger to a group of about 60 automotive journalists last week. Speaking to a meeting of the Western Automotive Journalists, Czinger revised earlier pronouncements...
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Better Place secured a new round of funding for the start-up company’s grand vision of creating a global network of electric car battery swapping and recharge stations. London-based HSBC led the $350 million round of financing, contributing $125 million in exchange for a 10 percent stake in Better Place. That gives Better...
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There’s only one MacBook in town, but Apple’s lowest-cost notebook doesn’t feel entry level.   The only MacBook left standing isn’t some neglected also-ran. With this redesign, Apple gave its most modest notebook nearly all the power and the style of the 13-inch MacBook Pro. For $999 ($200 less than the base 13-inch Pro), the white...
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The Nissan Leaf on display in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2009. The national tour for the all-electric Nissan Leaf continues...
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Orchid Technologies introduces energy controllers Green SupplyLine (12/02/2009 3:49 PM EST) Maynard, MA – “Small to moderate sized solar energy arrays must make use of efficient, safe energy storage systems,” says Paul Nickelsberg, President and CTO of Orchid Technologies. “Applications with high current low duty cycle demand can tax standard battery storage systems. Orchid Technologies was selected...
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The Nissan Leaf on display in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2009. The national tour for the all-electric Nissan Leaf continues...
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/ EIN Presswire / The YESS Storage Battery is Your Energy Storage Solution! ERRA Incorporated, San Antonio, TX, USA has acquired all rights and patents to a breakthrough battery technology to be marketed as the YESS Battery from ERRA, Inc. “Our acquisition of this battery technology for all fields of use enables us to deploy the...
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Overvoltage Protectors integrate USB charger detection. Overvoltage Protectors integrate USB charger detection. August 14, 2009 – Models MAX14529E and MAX14530E provide high-current USB charger detection and ±15...
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EaglePicher Medical Power, a supplier of batteries to manufacturers of implantable medical devices, has recently introduced a lithium-CFX (carbon-monofluoride) battery chemistry. The technology, an enhancement of the company’s proprietary CFX-battery technology, results in a self-discharge rate of less than 1% per year at room temperature. Although lithium thionyl has a similar self-discharge rate, it...
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STMicroelectronics Introduces STBP120, a New Cellphones and Mobile Devices IC for Large Numbers of Battery Chargers Discarded July 24th, 2009, by pur, in Automation, Embedded Device, IC/Chip/SoC, Power ST’s new IC, the STBP120, protects the charging-control circuitry inside cellphones and other battery-powered portable equipment in case the external charger applies an excessive voltage. A number of...
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