- Interesting news in the battery world: Ovonics/Energy Conversion Devices has licensed their NiMH Patent technology to a Chinese battery maker. The story doesn’t mention if there’s a size limit: i.e. is it only for small portable devices or can they make EV sized batteries? (p.s. I own a little of their stock)
- Tesla motor’s all-electric Tesla Roadster is still scheduled to roll out to buyers late this fall. I read in one article that the car is using around six thousand lithium batteries…wow! I’d love to get a peak at their control and charging electronics. Here’s a few other stories on the Roadster: CNET Crave, Portfolio.com, UK Telegraph.
- Speaking of lots of batteries in an Electric Car, Panasonic has set a record. Nice battery pack. It is certainly a strange approach to promoting their AA batteries, even so I don’t understand the comment in this post questioning why anyone would want more efficient electric cars.
Maybe Luigi Lugmayr has enough (Speed)!
I think he was inferring that this fast car really reflects nothing about about a more long lasting batterty pack for electric cars.