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A123Systems releases new Lithium-ion battery
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:42 PM Utilizing nanoscale electrode technology, the battery lasts 10x as long, has 5X power gain, charges 90% capacity in five minutes. First batteries will be sold to Black & Decker for their DeWALT brand chordless tools. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, USA -- A123Systems, developer of a new generation of Lithium-ion batteries, Wednesday unveiled its technology and announced that it is delivering batteries with unprecedented power, safety, and life as compared to conventional Lithium technology. A123Systems first battery is now in production and being delivered to the Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK). It will be first utilized by the corporations DeWALT brand, a leading manufacturer of power tools. Advanced Performance A123Systems battery technology delivers up to 10X longer life, 5X power gains and dramatically faster charge time over conventional high power battery technology, as validated by independent testing at Motorola and government research labs. A123Systems batteries use proprietary nanoscale electrode technology built on research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and exclusively licensed from MIT. A123's revolutionary technology will enable manufacturers to improve the performance and form factor of existing high-power portable devices and to transform products currently dependent on power cords and sockets into a new class of portable devices, said David Vieau, CEO and president of A123Systems. We expect that our technology will have the same impact on high-power products as the introduction of first generation Lithium-ion technology had on the development and commercialization of consumer electronics in the 1990s. A123Systems initial family of batteries is targeted at applications that require high power, high levels of safety, and longer life. These include power tools, advanced medical devices, hybrid electric vehicles, mobility products such as electric scooters, robotics, and consumer electronics. High Power. A123Systems first product packs up to five times the power density of current rechargeable, high power batteries. In addition, the battery has the ability to recharge to 90% of its capacity in five minutes. http://www.opensourceenergy.org/C17/News%20Viewer/default.aspx?ID=1041 Electric cars anyone? 5X power density and 90% recharge in 5 minutes. We were just discussing this on Vortex a few months ago, a Japanese car maker who was working on a 5 minute rechargable battery. This will bring electric vehicles into the mainstream. With power densities and recharge rates like these, electric vehicles with considerable range and flexibility will be a reality in a few years. |
