(PhysOrg.com) – Lithium-ion batteries could change future generations of electric cars, but significant scientific hurdles must be overcome first, said Dr. Michael Thackeray at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Frontiers in Materials …
Read Original Story: The Joys and Failures of Lithium-Ion Batteries – PhysOrg.com

Researchers at the Arizona State University (ASU) have been awarded a two year $5.1 million grant by the USA government to develop a radically improved battery. The team at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical and Materials Engineering are …
Read Original Story: Researchers promise super-efficient new battery – V3.co.uk

December 31st, 1969 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The end of life programs and recycling of batteries that provide motivation for hybrid and electric vehicles is a concern for many individuals. As high tech batteries find their way into more and more …
Read Original Story: Lithium-Ion Recycling Facility Explodes, Fireworks Ensue, Volatile Chemicals … – All Cars Electric

The search is on for a battery technology to replace the ageing lithium-ion solutions we all use today. Not only do we need batteries that last longer, but no longer have the potential to catch on fire or explode when they fail. …
Read Original Story: Stoba: new material stops lithium-ion battery fires and explosions – Geek.com

Following decades of research and a lengthy apprenticeship energizing our cell phones, laptops, and power tools, lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have begun closing the gap between today’s petroleum-fueled transportation and the electric …
Read Original Story: 2010 Technology of the Year: Lithium-Ion Batteries – Automobile Magazine

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – A new technology to prevent lithium-ion batteries from catching fire or exploding in laptops and mobile phones may be on the market as soon as the first quarter of 2010, its inventor said on Wednesday. …
Read Original Story: CORRECTED – New invention addresses lithium battery fires – Reuters

HSINCHU, TAIWAN – (Marketwire) – 11/12/09 – ITRI (Industrial TechnologyResearch Institute), Taiwan’s largest and one of the world’s leading high-tech research and development institutions, will accept a "2009 R&D 100 Award in Energy Devices" today, …
Read Original Story: ITRI's STOBA Material Technology for Lithium-ion Batteries Receives 2009 R&D … – SYS-CON Media (press release)

Battery cost – that single factor will likely determine when and how fast cars move from gasoline to electricity. Driving range and charging infrastructure are two problems that will likely take care of themselves: Consumers will lose range anxiety …
Read Original Story: How Much Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Cost to Make? – Greentech Media

As recently as August, the largest lithium battery recycler in North America — Toxco — snagged a $9.5 million grant from the Department of Energy to build out battery recycling capacity in Ohio and pledged to provide “end of life …
Read Original Story: Explosion!: Lithium Battery Safety Still A Problem – Earth2Tech (blog)

THE DAYS when laptops occasionally explode due to their lithium batteries breaking down could soon be over. An invention, called Stoba, which was developed at the Industrial TechnologyResearch Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan, sits between …
Read Original Story: Lithium battery fires could be a thing of the past – Inquirer