Lithium
First Boeing 787 Test Flight Since Battery Fire
April 28, 2013 2:18 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsJapan's All Nippon Airways has successfully conducted its first test flight of the Boeing 787 aircraft since battery problems grounded the planes earlier this year. Ray Conner, president of Boeing's consumer airline division, and ANA President Shinichiro Ito were aboard the flight Sunday.
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Boeing: 787 Battery Fire Cause Remains a Mystery
April 25, 2013 9:07 am | by Tom Odula, Associated Press | News | CommentsA Boeing engineer said Thursday that the cause of the battery problems that have grounded the company's 787 Dreamliners may never be known. The engineering leader for the 787, Richard J. Horigan, said the root cause of smoldering batteries experienced by the two different 787s may never be known because the evidence was destroyed by heat.
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Chevy Spark EV Can Go 82 Miles Per Charge
April 24, 2013 1:12 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Spark EV also gets the equivalent of 119 miles per gallon (50 kilometers per liter) in testing monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. GM said that makes it the most efficient car available for sale to the public. The figure is for combined city and highway driving.
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Mitsubishi Identifies Hybrid Battery Problem
April 24, 2013 8:52 am | by Kyodo | News | CommentsThe automaker said the defect was caused when the lithium-ion battery was mistakenly dropped during a screening inspection at GS Yuasa Corp., the battery supplier, resulting in short-circuited battery cells and a deformity that caused it to overheat.
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Lithium Ion Battery Charger GT-93023
March 26, 2013 3:57 pm | by PD&D Staff | Globtek, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsGlobTek (Northvale, NJ) has announced a Lithium Ion Battery charger with multiple redundant safety features to prevent failure and damage to batteries and systems while mitigating risk and lengthening battery life. The GlobTek GT-93023-12012(R) is a customized bespoke multiple bay battery charger.
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Boeing Proposing Long-Term Fix for 787 Batteries
February 22, 2013 11:01 am | by Joan Lowy & Joshua Freed, Associated Press | News | CommentsBoeing is proposing a long-term fix for the 787 Dreamliner's troubled batteries that will keep them grounded until April at the earliest, congressional officials said Friday. The plan calls for revamping the aircraft's two kinds of lithium ion batteries to ensure that any short-circuiting that could lead to a fire won't spread from one battery cell to the others.
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787 Grounded, but Batteries Can Fly
February 3, 2013 4:34 am | by Joan Lowy, Associated Press | News | CommentsAt the same time the government certified Boeing's 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner's electrical systems from being carried as cargo on passenger planes because of the fire risk. Now the situation is reversed.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Power Supply | LithiumBoeing Sticks to Production Plans, Battery for 787
January 30, 2013 6:55 pm | by Joshua Freed, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsBoeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to drop the troubled lithium-ion batteries at the center of the plane's problems, CEO Jim McNerney said Wednesday. A fire and emergency landing earlier this month, both involving the batteries, prompted regulators...
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Power Supply | LithiumRegulators Ask Boeing For Full Battery History
January 30, 2013 9:47 am | by Elaine Kurtenbach and Joan Lowy, AP Business Writers | News | CommentsU.S. regulators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 Dreamliners after Japan's All Nippon Airways revealed it had repeatedly replaced the batteries even before overheating problems surfaced.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Power Supply | LithiumBoeing's 787 Batteries Replaced 10 Times
January 29, 2013 10:27 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsJapan's All Nippon Airways says it replaced lithium-ion batteries on its 787 Dreamliners 10 times before a battery overheating incident led to the worldwide grounding of the jets. ANA spokeswoman Megumi Tezuka said Wednesday the airline was not required to report the battery swapping cases to...
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Power Supply | LithiumDreamliner Lithium Ion Batteries Based on Cobalt Not Manganese
January 22, 2013 12:42 pm | by PD&D Staff | News | CommentsLithium plus manganese or/and nickel (or other metals) typically carry less energy per volume than lithium plus cobalt, but are widely viewed as less susceptible to overheating. The battery chemistry utilized by the Dreamliner was Lithium Cobalt Dioxide (LiCoO2); similar to that used in laptop computers and cell phones. American Manganese's product would be Lithium Manganese Dioxide (LiMn2O4), or spinel, similar to rechargeable batteries used in the Chevy Volt.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Power Supply | LithiumMillion-Dollar Electric Super-Car Revs Up For London Debut
September 7, 2012 9:23 am | by CNN | Videos | CommentsHaving unveiled his superfast electric car in Frankfurt last year, a Croatian designer will be trying to find buyers at the prestigious Salon Prive motor show this week in London. The Concept One can get from zero to 100 kilometres per hour in 2.8 seconds, reaching a top speed of 300 kph, and has an operational range of 600 kilometres.
LISTED UNDER: LithiumTadiran Rapid Response TRR Series Batteries
April 19, 2012 8:26 am | by Tadiran Batteries | Tadiran Batteries | Product Releases | CommentsTadiran Batteries has just developed the Tadiran Rapid Response TRR Series, a new family of lithium thionyl chloride batteries capable of delivering high capacity and high energy density without voltage or power delay, delivering up to 15 percent longer operating life in certain applications.
LISTED UNDER: LithiumGlobTek’s 5-Bay Battery Charger
February 16, 2011 9:56 am | by GlobTek | Globtek, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsGlobTek’s 5-bay Lithium-Ion Battery Chargers and Cradles meet IEC 60950 (ITE), UL 1310 (Class 2), IEC 60601-1 (Medical), and International EMC standards.
LISTED UNDER: LithiumMicro Power's Iron Phosphate Battery Solution
January 31, 2011 7:41 am | by Micro Power | Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMicro Power has announced IronWorks, a patent pending Iron Phosphate battery solution, which serves as a drop-in replacement for Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) batteries.
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