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A123 Systems is a Massachusetts-based EV battery maker and was one of the first green technology and energy-related companies going public in the last decade. A123’s high-performance Nanophosphate lithium ion battery technology have higher energy density, which can supply higher usable energy than other lithium ion technologies. A123’s EV batteries ...

A nickel-metal hydride cell, abbreviated NiMH, is a type of rechargeable battery similar to the nickel-cadmium cell. A NiMH battery can have two to three times the capacity of an equivalent size nickel-cadmium battery.   A nickel-metal hydride battery has about the same volumetric energy density as ...

Better Place is a global provider of electric vehicle networks and EV services.

The Volt: Chevy's EV with a range extending APU (Auxiliary Power Unit), which will be available for purchase in just a few months and will come with a fully transferable eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty on its lithium battery. That's longer than any other powertrain warranty currently offered by most Japanese or American auto manufacturers, which is quite the vote in confidence in their new technology!

British scientists invent a "battery killer"...a sheet of thin plastic that stores electricity.

Paper batteries the size of a postage stamp have had the capability to power a small light bulb since 2007, and the ambition at the time was to able to use a newspaper-type roller printer to produce reams of paper that could one day power a car. Paper batteries are much more energy efficient ...

In a vote of confidence for the EV Industry Lithium Ion Battery Maker A123 Systems increases 50% on 1st Day of Trading