Batteries

Interchangeable Battery Electric Car Demonstrated

Better Place, a California company, is testing the process for extending the mileage of electric cars by swapping out batteries ...

GE Invests Heavily in Sodium Battery Technology

GE is adding a new business unit that will develop and produce sodium battery technology. Sodium-based batteries offer higher energy density and more storage, GE said. In ...

Ford Shifting SUV Plant to Electric Vehicles

Ford is retooling a Michigan SUV plant to produce its more fuel-efficient Ford Focus, including an electric version in 2011. Ford is spending $550 million to transform ...

Sony Adds Recycling Kiosks at Retail

Sony Electronics has added recycling kiosks at more than 80 retailers so far, with more in the works. Sony's stated goal is to accept a pound ...

Four Lithium-Ion Battery Makers Setting Up Shop in Michigan

Michigan's sagging manufacturing base is getting a boost from makers of lithium-ion batteries, with a substantial nudge from government incentives. The auto industry will be a ...

A New Generation of Batteries Awaits

If you are a parent, homeowner or someone who frequently uses a cell phone or laptop computer, replacing or re-charging batteries is a way of life. ...

Dewalt Offers $10 Discount to Promote Battery Recycling

To help increase the recycling of batteries used in portable power tools, DeWalt, a leading manufacturer of industrial power tools, has announced that April is ...

FedEx Reduces Fuel Use 26% With Hybrid Trial

In an extended trial period using hybrid diesel trucks from Iveco, FedEx has achieved fuel savings of 26.5 percent. The Daily hybrid trucks trial began last fall ...

Mitsubishi Has Big Plans for Electric Vehicles

Mitsubishi says its will boost its production target for i-Miev electric cars to 20,000, and it also plans to more than double its lithium ion ...

Better Battery Management Can Save Money

Corporate managers are starting to view lift-truck batteries as motive-power assets worthy of careful management, rather than costly burdens, reports an article written for Material Handling ...

Stimulus Package Delivers $2.4 Billion for Electric Vehicle Projects

President Barack Obama has announced the launch of two major electric vehicle programs that will help meet the president's goal of putting one million ...

IBM Joins Smart-grid Consortium

IBM has joined the EDISON research consortium, a Denmark-based collaborative aimed at developing an intelligent infrastructure for large-scale adoption of electric vehicles powered by sustainable energy. EDISON stands for Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and ...