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Lithium Ion Battery – Five Facts You Must Know!

Using a lithium battery that is electrically charged atoms move between their electrodes. When charging, the head of ions in one direction and go the other way when they perform. There are many different chemical make-up used for the battery, which is the most common positive electrode containing cobalt or manganese oxides as well as the negative electrode of graphite. Ions then pass through a lithium-based polymer or gel. Cars, unlike household…

Lithium Ion Batteries Will Help Hybrids More Than Electric Cars

ctric cars, but they could make conventional hybrids ubiquitous. In German’s view, the chief benefit of new lithium ion batteries is their greatly enhanced power capabilities—the rate at which energy can go in and out of the battery. “But they don’t store any more energy than the current lithium ion batteries do,” said German, “What we are looking at is a battery which is perfect for conventional hybrids.” HybridCars.com: Why will the new breed …

2013 Nissan Leaf Information and Updates

facility in Smyrna, Tennessee. 2013 Nissan Leaf will use the onboard 240-volt charger Level 2 – will be upgraded to 6.6 kilowatts (from today’s 3.3 kW), considerably reducing the time needed to recharge the lithium-ion battery. Mark Perry, director of product planning from Nissan, had said that in March the charger would be upgraded “in a year or so.” In addition, Katherine Zachary, a senior manager of corporate communications …

President Obama Announces $2.4Billion in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles

President Barack Obama, has a huge concern about our environmental and reduces our dependence on oil. In Elkhart, Indiana, Barack Obama says, “If we want to reduce our dependence on oil, put Americans back to work and reassert our manufacturing sector as one of the greatest in the world, we must produce the advanced, efficient vehicles of the future.” And Obama administration announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that w…