As we noted yesterday, the USA has only 8% of the worlds lithium battery manufacturing capacity, and China has over 75% of that capacity. Since there is an over-arching need to electrify transportation and the entire energy system, lithium batteries are a key product, and China is currently in charge…
Current Lithium-ion battery design involves lots of thin layers that 24-M claims is costly. Their newly developed design, created by the scientists who created A-123 Systems, uses semi-solid materials that allow for just one layer rather than dozens of layers. It means more of the volume of each cell is…
Flux Power, a San Diego based startup company, has introduced (on Nov 20) a family of lithium-iron-phosphate battery products. The product line includes a battery packaged with battery management circuits, a charger, and a “drive system” promised to be available in mid-2010. The battery shares look and feel with the…
