• 31Aug

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    July 1, the “new energy automotive and product manufacturers access management rules” (hereinafter referred to as “Rules”) into effect. The release of “rules” of the new energy automotive products broken down by skill level for the initial stage where the development period and the three stages of maturity, and the corresponding limit of the scope of its market, prices of cars have also been limited access.

    “Rules” attached to the “new phase of automotive technology division of the energy table (December 31, 2010 applies)” will use nickel-metal hydride batteries and lead-acid battery hybrid passenger cars included in the mature stage. To lithium-ion batteries for hybrid-powered passenger cars, commercial vehicles and pure electric vehicles, is included in the development phase. Product development period to allow for mass production, but only approved the use of regional sales, and at least 20% of the products for real-time monitoring of running status; mature products and the same conventional automotive products can be used at the national sales. This means that in December 31, 2010, the assembly of hybrid lithium batteries and electric vehicles will be limited to sales territories.

    From the planning to see the future in the new energy automotive focus on the development of lithium batteries is the direction, but in the “planning” done a clear limit. In other words, to be Buffett’s bullish market has been the lost electric cars lithium battery Ni-MH battery in the hands of a hybrid! Ni-MH battery is really the future you will be able to be popular? For a time, become the focus of gossip to discuss.

    Status:
    According to the consultants for new energy sources, LI Sheng-mao auto industry researcher pointed out that the current driving force of new energy automobiles automotive lithium batteries have been the most promising development prospects, but the Department of Public Works this letter is not conducive to the development of a standard lithium cell vehicles across the country to promote universal and further said that this might be China’s new energy constraints of the overall development of the automobile industry.

    Department of Public Works letter was optimistic about the nickel-metal hydride y9943, dell inspiron 630m battery itself has a certain degree of short-board. China Electrotechnical Society dedicated electric vehicles, director of technical service center Commission Tianshun Wang also said that while China was rich in hydrogen storage materials, but the extraction technology is not high, poor battery consistency, technical problems, there has been no breakthrough, but the cost of nickel-hydrogen batteries have been home high.
    Development:

    Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries in the battery market continues to occupy a large share of China’s annual output of nickel-metal hydride batteries has been growing steadily. 2006 Ni-MH battery production in China more than 960 million in 2007 to continue to produce more than 15% of the rate of growth, reaching about 1.1 billion. In the “rules” have been restricted since the lithium-ion dell inspiron 640m battery by Sony in 1992 since the industrialization, the global lithium-ion battery market to dominate the world from Japan. The year 2000, the Japanese lithium-ion battery production in the world accounting for more than 95% of the total output. In 2003, China’s battery production reached 26.2 billion, accounting for about half of global output over the battery, the Chinese have been manufacturing power and batteries to name but a few, the current battery production and exports are the highest in the world.

    If the electric vehicle automotive oil after use of the mainstream, then the electric vehicle with lithium-ion batteries will certainly be popular, and in-depth aspects of lithium batteries R & D and investment in the future of the enterprise will become the giant auto parts industry, and may even change the world the pattern of auto parts suppliers. In recent years, the production of automotive lithium batteries are not businesses in the global list of hundred auto parts, auto parts enterprises existing hundred only Bosch, the mainland group, Magna, Johnson Controls, Hitachi (automotive business ), such as lithium dell inspiron e1405 battery also attempt to occupy the leading position in the field, and most of the way through joint ventures or acquisitions to achieve the unfamiliar, but the huge market potential for control.

    Trends:
    For lack of independence, the core technology of automotive components in China, the hybrid / electric vehicle battery and electrical system, it is China-related enterprises have become the world’s leading providers of an important opportunity. In this regard, the Chinese enterprises and overseas there is no gap between the core technology components are now so large, nor abroad many years earlier than China. Coupled with the cost advantage of China itself, as well as in electric bicycle dell xps m140 battery(especially lithium batteries) has accumulated experience in China is entirely possible in the hybrid / electric vehicles using lithium batteries to produce high value products and the possibility of occupying the most high-end technology.

    Comment: Regardless of the development period or the maturity of the lithium battery of nickel-metal hydride batteries, new energy sources will be the protagonist of the vehicle’s power, perhaps the outcome of their energy from the new direction of development of motor vehicles to find the answers.

  • 26Aug

    NEW YORK  — There’s a saying as the nation pushes for cleaner electric cars: The United States will end up trading dependence on Saudi oil for dependence on Asian dell inspiron 6000 battery,dell inspiron 630m battery.

    Most of the big players in advanced batteries – the ones used to power the cars of tomorrow – are from Japan, South Korea or China.

    America’s battery industry is in need of a shock. Enter Stimulus.

    As part of the nearly $900 billion economic lifeline, lawmakers plan on spending $2 billion in loan guarantees and grants for makers of advanced batteries. They don’t necessarily have to be U.S. companies that get the money, but they need to set up shop on American soil.

    Industry observers have high hopes for the plan, but worry that the money won’t be doled out fast enough or that it will be eaten up by a few big players.

    Stimulus money: Not chump change

    The money involved may seem small by stimulus standards, but for the nascent high-tech battery business it’s serious cash.

    Two billion is more money than what’s flowed into the sector from venture capital and private equity firms over the last four years combined, said Heather Daniel, a power storage analyst at the research firm New Energy Finance.

    “It could be a significant boost,” said Daniel. “If there’s a little guy that’s got the technology, it could have big implications.”

    Most advanced dell inspiron 6400 battery,dell inspiron 640m battery for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, like the Chevy Volt set for debut in 2010, rely on lithium ion batteries.

    Lithium batteries – where the ultra light metal lithium is used as the conducting material – are more efficient and lighter than the nickel-metal hydrate batteries currently used in the hybrid cars of today.

    Having a light and efficient battery is essential if cars are to move from current hybrids – which use battery power only for low speed driving – to plug-in hybrids where battery power is the only thing turning the wheels.

    Getting the right battery is key to making plug-in hybrids commercial – current batteries are still a bit too heavy and a bit too expensive. (There may also be an issue with getting enough lithium – much of it appears to be concentrated in a few South American counties, but that’s another story.)

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    The company or companies that nail the technology are potentially set for big profits and big hiring sprees. And currently, while many foreign firms have manufacturing operations in the United States, most of those companies are not headquartered here.

    Japan’s Panasonic, NEC, and GS Yuasa; South Korea’s LG; and China’s BYD are the main players in this market, and account for nearly all current lithium ion sales.

    “The United States is alarmingly vacant from this list,” said Rob Wilder, manager of the WilderHill clean energy index, an investment fund. “It’s painful as a patriotic American to see just how far behind we are.”

    That said, U.S. firms are not out of the game.

    Companies like Johnson Controls (JCI, Fortune 500), Ener1 (HEV), Maxwell (MXWL), Valence (VLNC), and privately held A123 Systems are noted for innovative, advanced-vehicle battery technology, if not a huge amount of current sales.

    General Motors is working with A123 Systems on the Volt, although it seems LG will make most of the initial dell inspiron 700m battery,dell inspiron 710m battery.

    There’s also an array of smaller American startups that are scraping by while they search for venture capital funding.

    Wilder said that for the stimulus money to be effective, it should be available to these smaller companies that might have good designs but lack lobbying power.

    “They just don’t have the resources to get the money like GM or Ford, who came late to the game anyway,” he said.

    What are companies’ eligibility requirements for this money, what projects will get funded, and over what period of time is what the industry wants to know, said Joseph Muscat, a clean tech director at the accounting and advisory firm Ernst & Young.

    A spokesperson for the House subcommittee that wrote the battery portion of the bill said those specifics would be hammered out by the Department of Energy if and when the bill gets approved.

    “Clearly, it’s a help,” said Muscat. “There are a lot of companies here, and it will be interesting to see how the technology plays out.”  

    Tracking back: http://www.batteriesshop.co.uk/batteries/2009/07/23/another-high-tech-battery-industry/

  • 26Aug

    TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp. in 2010 and sharply raise production capacity to meet surging demand for gas-electric cars.

    Hitachi currently makes 40,000 lithium-ion compaq evo n400c battery per month and will lift the capacity to three million units.

    “We plan to boost our production capacity for lithium-ion compaq evo n410 battery as we expect demand for hybrid vehicles will continue to grow worldwide,” said Hitachi spokesman Shinya Yamada. He declined to say when Hitachi would lift the capacity.

    The Nikkei business daily said Thursday that Hitachi would invest around 30 billion yen ($311 million) to raise production capacity. But Yamada declined to confirm the report.

    Hitachi will also start supplying lithium-ion compaq evo n410c battery for hybrid cars to GM next year, the company spokesman said without elaborating further.

    Toyota Motor Corp.’s hybrids now use nickel-metal hydride batteries. The world’s largest automaker said last month it will use for the first time lithium-ion batteries for its plug-in hybrid cars.

    Using a lithium-ion compaq evo n400 battery will produce more energy, allowing hybrid cars to run more as an electric vehicle, but there have been some technological hurdles.

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