• 25Sep

    We have summarized some integrated GPS using the lithium and conservation of the note for your reference.

    1. Do not deliberately integrated GPS in the lithium battery that will clean the office, where the system leads to a time of low power may be charged, should be placed before the injury for the lithium battery is not small.

    2. To use the random loading accessories for charging, do not use third party shipper.

    3. Most built-in lithium-car GPS, so do not be demolished or changed the battery without permission.

    4, as far as possible to avoid the body exposed to extremely high or extremely low temperature environment, but also to prevent erosion of the liquid.

     

    In fact, Car GPS integrated in the lithium battery is not your imagination so fragile, so long as a little heart, conservation and rational, integrated into the life of the lithium battery can be maintained at three years and change bad habits, we can give the built-in lithium battery with the greatest protection that play their full power as a car navigation system to provide a stable life to protect.

     

    Currently, the market for most GPS Car traditional to high-power lithium battery power. Lithium-ion battery has a discharge stability, small size and other characteristics compared to conventional nickel-metal hydride batteries and nickel-cadmium obvious advantages. Many portable electronics market, digital products are used in lithium-ion battery supplies power.

     

    But lithium-ion is not perfect, the use of lithium stricter environmental requirements, and the high cost of batteries and the discharge current is relatively small faults can not be ignored. Then, as the use of large lithium-ion batteries: Automotive products GPS, the use of lithium batteries that power must be cautious there. In every day to conserve battery power, and many casual habits could be integrated lithium-navigation systems of vehicles causing fatal injuries. So, we are specialized in the power of a vehicle integrated the use of lithium and conservation aspects of the daily synthesis of some experiences to share.

     

    Many users use the GPS when the car, regardless of the body are used to power the adequacy of the charging plug in vehicles to use, such use would cause lithium to severe harm, even integrated in the LCBTP03003 battery Lithium can not be used. Plug In Car Charger for GPS, because the car after the power supply will be made on the built-in rechargeable lithium, so the user usually uses GPS navigation, you do every time you use the equivalent of loading and unloading thereby affecting the battery life. Affecting the capacity of battery lithium and an important factor is the need for a battery charge and discharge time, which explains why many users feel less and less reason to GPS car sustainable.

     

    The right to use is: should I wait to run out of electricity, or GPS navigation instrument in itself to give low power to remind the car after the connection charges for loading to use. If your car GPS car battery charger to use the long-term framework, it is preferable to a full-month of discharge, which is run out of power to conduct a full volume load, so that the greatest degree of protection can prolong the life of lithium batteries.

     

    The user has to buy GPS, its appearance in general, only 50% capacity or less. When you first use the battery in I need to put the power to do, and then charging an external battery charger and a charge for the first time the best of over 15 hours, the second and the third meeting, such as the battery is discharged after use, the charging time is better but also more than 12 hours, but it should be noted that the maximum load of 24 hours, otherwise the battery will produce a surplus of energy resulting from internal decomposition of the electrolyte in increasing the battery voltage from natural or explosions.

     

    In addition, not long-term use of GPS, the Li-ion battery discharge automatically the best side of the battery is fully charged before use after use to prevent excessive discharge of the battery caused damage. The use of GPS in the process, try to avoid exposure to the organism or in a moist environment, the use of very difficult environments cause instability in the discharge of Li-ion A1045 battery.

  • 22Sep

    Short-circuit or internal damage occurs may lead to a variety of the latest generation of lithium-ion batteries overheating phenomenon, prevalent in the electronics that question could have disastrous consequences for electric vehicles

     

    It seems that the summer of 2009 is considered a milestone in the green car.

     

    In July, located in Tokyo, Japan, Mitsubishi Motors has announced its new total of U.S. $ 48,000 electric micro-car i-MiEV to go on sale this month, an official with the market already Fuji Heavy Industries, Nissan, and BYD Electric’s automotive products to the competition.

     

    However, even if car manufacturers are competing in the region before they show more edge and achieve a hobby, pleasant attitude of the electric car, but some technical experts are always a variety of concerns.

     

    Before that, they pay more attention to battery life, and the mileage life recently, technical experts have also reported a series of short-circuits or internal damage occurs may lead to the latest generation of lithium – Ion BATCL50L batteries overheating phenomenon.

     

    In mobile phones, laptops and other electronic products used in the battery, each battery 500-10000000 be a case of a similar situation – which means that the risk of fire.

     

    Laptop battery is usually composed of six batteries, battery pack electric vehicle, the ability to more – probably at least 75 or 80 batteries, which is the subtext underlying – that the speed on the highway electric car , each of 60000, perhaps we will have at least one problem.

     

    “Even if it is a low probability event, but the event, the consequences would be catastrophic.” Accelerating the amount of U.S. manufacturer well-known expert of the battery thermal equipment Tiax Brian Barnett (Brian Barnett) has warned.

     

    The problem is that the fire caused by the battery, their severity will be compared with conventional fuels at a greater risk of a burning car do?

     

    “A big danger is that if a tecra battery of problems of this problem will be” transmitted “to the battery and other batteries,” the United States AAB (Advanced automotive batteries), chairman of Menahem Anderman the concern expressed, because the current technology of the battery is still in its infancy, it is difficult to quantify the risk is not negligible.

     

    Even if the battery problems will not be like a normal car on fire the fire spread so quickly, but it will be a little bit of land erosion, a key component of the organization until that He wants to see accidents.

     

    The experts noted that such shortcomings do not appear immediately in the battery. But the thousands of electric cars are likely to encounter in a road accident in movement of the battery, even if the occupant was not injured, vehicle manufacturers have also received a great blow.

     

    In 2006, because of problems with Sony VAIO notebook battery recall, a loss of 258 million euros. In electric vehicles, the battery costs represent 50% of the total cost, if there are problems, the loss is more painful than notebook computers.

     

    Of course, automakers are prepared to insist that their cars are safe.

     

    Nissan said they coat the battery uses a special material, low thermal conductivity of these materials, you can minimize the risk of overheating batteries. The leading Chinese battery technology experts have insisted that its battery iron BYD is perfectly safe.

     

    Mitsubishi i-MiEV BTP-43D1 battery is not easy bending deformation of the rigid frame to protect them, then added a layer of impact outside the cage of the chip to control the load and continue to monitor each and condition battery.

     

    Mitsubishi Motors President, Nishioka Bridge (Osamu Masuko) believes that these measures have greatly reduced the risks involved by the battery. In his last two years has been using a red and white i-MiEV, a full-time driver to drive for him, it seems that there has not been a big problem.

     

    To ensure safety, the Japanese automakers to conduct tests on the active stack. For example, Nissan and Mitsubishi engineers and, in extreme hot and cold, keep the battery charge and discharge, and simulate a variety of conditions of cell damage.

     

    However, technical experts believe that these measures can not guarantee the elimination of lost potential dangers.

     

    “Unless you put the battery installed in the car and someone opened a few years,” the study groups Tokyo market economy enterprises battery Fuji analyst Seiji Ezaki said: “If you don ‘ did not examine current practice, you do not really know how to use the battery as well in a real state of the battery will appear to use some kind of status.

  • 21Sep

    Imara Corporation, a manufacturer of high-performance next-generation lithium-ion batteries, today announced that its high-power cells are now available. Imara is providing battery cells to customers in the power tool, outdoor power equipment and transportation markets.

     

    Imara’s patented technology breaks through conventional battery technology barriers that require a trade off between fast power discharge and high energy density for extended run time. The company’s batteries deliver a unique combination of power, energy, cycle life and safety compared to today’s commercially available high-power cells. This translates to more holes drilled by a power tool, more grass mowed by a lawn mower and more miles driven by a vehicle, while significantly reducing warranty costs for manufacturers and battery replacement costs for end-users.

     

    Imara’s technology enables a new class of “green” applications. An hour of use of a typical 4-stroke gas-powered lawnmower replaced with Imara battery power eliminates the emissions equivalent to 11 SUV’s driving on the highway for an hour. Replacing one two-stroke weed-whacker or leaf blower with Imara battery power is equivalent to taking 17 SUV’s off the road.

     

    “Historically, few domestic battery companies have been able to move from the R&D lab to commercialization. Imara now joins the ranks of the limited number of companies able to cross the chasm into production,” said Imara Corporation CEO & Founder, Jeff Depew.

     

    Imara was recently named one of the three lithium-ion battery companies in the Global Cleantech 100 by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group(TM), LLC (alongside A123 and Boston-Power). The Global Cleantech 100 highlights the most commercially promising private clean-technology companies around the world. The list recognizes companies that tackle some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges with the most advanced clean technology innovations.

     

    About Imara Corporation

    Launched in Menlo Park, California in 2006, Imara Corporation’s mission is to provide superior energy storage solutions and accelerate the adoption of alternative energy sources. The company will achieve this through the research, development and manufacturing of high-power, high-energy lithium-ion batteries for power tools, outdoor power equipment, hybrid electric vehicles, specialty applications and power grid systems. Imara’s products are based on patented materials science technology and designed to deliver a better performance to weight ratio than traditional lithium-ion batteries. Imara’s batteries are also safer for the environment, from cradle to grave, than available alternatives. Imara is funded by Battery Ventures and Nth Power, leading venture firms investing in the clean-technology sector. “Imara” is the Swahili word for “strength, power and endurance.”