"Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. announced today the initial shipment of battery electrode nanomaterials to Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ABAT) that will be used in the manufacture and testing of prototype polymer lithium batteries. Advanced Battery designs and markets Polymer-Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries that are manufactured in its subsidiary, based in Harbin, China. Altair previously announced a partnering agreement with ABAT on April 4, 2005.
Altair and Advanced Battery have formed a partnership and agreed to test Altair's electrode materials for use in new, higher performance Polymer-Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries to be manufactured by Advanced Battery for sale in China. These new batteries are being tested by the partnership to meet an emerging need for higher power, lighter weight and more rapidly recharging batteries to power a new generation of higher performance, electrically powered vehicles, including automobiles and buses. "
""Advanced Battery's current Polymer-Lithium-Ion (PLI) battery permits a top speed of 75 mph for cars and 62.5 mph for buses and a traveling distance of approximately 200 miles per charge for cars and 150 miles for buses", commented Mr. Zhiguo Fu, Chairman of Advanced Battery. "
----- Original Message -----From: Frederick SparberSent: 3/21/2006 11:03:52 AMSubject: Re: Ultracapacitor - Not thereJones Beene wrote:>> According to "Utility Federal Technology Opportunities," EEStor> claims the battery will be half the cost per kilowatt-hour and one-tenth the weight> of lead-acid batteries. Did you get that ? cheaper than lead-acid per kw and> 1/10 the weight for the same power? Specifically, the anticipated> unit weighs 400 pounds and delivers 52 kilowatt-hours> on a fresh charge.>If 330 lbs (150 kg) of that 400 lb weight is Barium Titanate (molecular wt 233) you wouldhave to "store" 3.0 eV per "oriented molecule" to achieve 52 kw-hr storage.16 watt-hrs/lb is tops for lead-acid batteries.Fred
