Advanced Battery Technology

Philips is developing pre-shaped lithium-ion batteries to enable more design freedom in handheld electronic products. The cells are...

HEADNOTE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEC Corp. of Tokyo, Japan, is developing a high-power organic radical battery (ORB, pictured...

Tyco Electronics' KILOVAC brand LEV200 contactor, capable of carrying 50OA, is designed for power switching applications in electric...

Xianyang Pianzhuan Group Xianyang Voltix Energy Co. Ltd. has released new lithium-ion batteries, which are suitable for Nokia,...

Valence Technology Inc. of Austin, Texas, has appointed Dr. James Akridge as chief executive officer and member of...

Greatbatch Inc. opened its new 120,000-square-foot plant in Alden, New York, in August. The plant will combine all...

Exide Technologies has been selected by BP Solar Arabia to provide replacement batteries for its client, Saudi Telecom,...

HEADNOTE AROUND THE INDUSTRY IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 An organic radical battery (ORB) NEC Corp. is developing to pro...

Cobasys has granted additional royalty-bearing license rights to Panasonic EV Energy, a joint venture between Matsushita Electric Industrial...

Ultralife Batteries, Inc. has received an order of about $900,000 from a German battery assembler for its HiRate...

EnerSys has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) worth $7 million for its...

Electrovaya received a CDN$1.7 million contribution from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), subject to final contract negotiations. The...

Canadian mining group Inco Ltd. has opened a nickel foam joint venture in Beijing with Korea Nickel Corp....

The Nguna-Pele Rechargeable Battery project has been selected as a World Challenge finalist. The World Challenge, in association...

Yi Bo Sun, chairman and CEO of China Digital Communications Group, says that Shenzhen E'Jenie, a subsidiary of...

The National Post reports that Environment Canada has commissioned a review to identify how many spent batteries are...

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to introduce 10 more gasoline-electric hybrid models globally by early next decade in a...

A New Zealand company, PowerShield, has developed what it claims to be one of the world's first automatic...

Compact Power Systems (CPS) has signed an agreement to use Mobility Electronics, Inc.'s Itip technology in certain future...

TDK Corp. has signed an agreement to purchase the power supplies business from Britain's Invensys PLC for $235...