Batteries

Interchangeable Battery Electric Car Demonstrated

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 ...

May 15, 2009

GE Invests Heavily in Sodium Battery Technology

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 ...

May 12, 2009

Ford Shifting SUV Plant to Electric Vehicles

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 ...

May 6, 2009

Sony Adds Recycling Kiosks at Retail

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 ...

April 28, 2009

Four Lithium-Ion Battery Makers Setting Up Shop in Michigan

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 ...

April 15, 2009

A New Generation of Batteries Awaits

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. ...

April 14, 2009

Dewalt Offers $10 Discount to Promote Battery Recycling

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 ...

April 13, 2009

FedEx Reduces Fuel Use 26% With Hybrid Trial

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 ...

April 9, 2009

Mitsubishi Has Big Plans for Electric Vehicles

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 ...

April 7, 2009

Better Battery Management Can Save Money

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 ...

March 24, 2009

Stimulus Package Delivers $2.4 Billion for Electric Vehicle Projects

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 ...

March 20, 2009

IBM Joins Smart-grid Consortium

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 ...

February 25, 2009

Volkswagen Teams with Toshiba to Sell Electric Car by 2012

Volkswagen Teams with Toshiba to Sell Electric Car by 2012

German automakers have been late in coming to the electric car game. However, ...

February 18, 2009

LG and Samsung Announce Solar-Charging Phones

LG and Samsung Announce Solar-Charging Phones

LG and Samsung are both launching cell phones with built-in solar panels for recharging the battery, PC World reports. Samsung's "Blue Earth" is meant to look like ...

February 16, 2009

Ingram Book Co. Saves with Energy Efficient Warehousing

Ingram Book Co. Saves with Energy Efficient Warehousing

Ingram Book Co. distributes over 30 million books a year from a 355,000 square foot warehouse in Oregon, reports the News-Review. Here are some of the steps they've taken to save energy and resources: - ...

February 3, 2009

Obama’s Energy Nominee: ‘Efficiency Is No. 1 Priority’

Obama’s Energy Nominee: ‘Efficiency Is No. 1 Priority’

Steven Chu, the Energy Secretary nominee for the Obama administration, told a congressional committee this week that he while he supports nuclear and clean coal energy sources, he believes that the ...

January 14, 2009

Apple Unveils Super Green 17′ Macbook Pro

Apple Unveils Super Green 17′ Macbook Pro

Yesterday Apple showed off the new generation 17-inch MacBook Pro, the latest edition of  "the world’s greenest family of notebooks." The notebook is less than an inch thick, is made of highly ...

January 8, 2009

Ener1 Applies For DOE Funding

Ener1 Applies For DOE Funding

Ener1 Inc. was the first applicant for the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program, a $25 billion low-interest federal loans to encourage development of fuel-efficient vehicles and components, AP ...

January 7, 2009

Utilities Partner For Plug-In Vehicle Trial

Utilities Partner For Plug-In Vehicle Trial

Advanced Energy, in partnership with Duke Energy and Progress Energy, announced it is initiating a smart charging trial of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Twelve converted Toyota Priuses will be equipped with ...

October 31, 2008

GM, Utilities Partner to Speed Up Commercialization of Plug-Ins

GM, Utilities Partner to Speed Up Commercialization of Plug-Ins

General Motors Corp. and the Electric Power Research Institute, a consortium of over 30 electric utilities, recently announced a partnership to speed the commercialization of plug-in vehicles, the Detroit News reports. The ...

July 23, 2008

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