• Cars

    Report: GM Chooses Volt Battery Maker

    By Seth Fletcher Posted on 10.30.2008 15 Comments

    Since early last year, two companies -- the Watertown, Massachusetts startup A123 Systems and Compact Power, Inc., a division of LG Chem -- have been battling for the contract to build lithium-ion batteries for General Motors's Hail Mary, the Chevy Volt, an electric car with a small gas engine on board for backup. GM has yet to officially announce the winner, but Reuters reports that Compact Power is the victor. From our current issue, here's a look inside the fight to power the Volt.

    10.30.2008 at 02:02pm - Comment by mrsiegel2

    Our CNT (Carbon Nano Tube)Battery has actually gone through over 1,000 full charge and discharge cycles without a loss of performance the actual recharge time was 6 minutes. The new electrolyte and other modification has reduced the heat problem during charge to a minimum. As for distance. Our battery exhibits an 800% improvement in performance as a comparable lead acid battery. The Current Electric Car was getting approximately 70 mile on a charge with a 8 hour charge time on 240 volts. The CNT Battery the Current will get 400 + miles at highway speeds and a 6 minute recharge.

  • Cars

    Power Struggle

    By Seth Fletcher Posted on 10.29.2008 73 Comments

    The battery that will power the Chevrolet Volt weighs approximately 400 pounds and, stood on end, reaches a height of six feet. The $10,000-plus, T-shaped monolith contains 300 individual three-volt lithium-ion cells, bundled together in groups of three, then wired in series and kept from overheating by an elaborate liquid cooling mechanism.

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    10.28.2008 at 05:16pm - Comment by mrsiegel2

    Our company Micro Bubble Technologies Inc., www.microbubbletech.com has developed a new electrolyte and slight modification for lead acid batteries. We call it a CNT Battery. We have exhibited a 800% improvement in Reserve Capacity and a full charge time of 5-10 minutes. EG. we took a deep discharge marine battery that had a reserve capacity of 220 at 25 amps and a 10 hour recharge time. After the modification and the addition of our new electrolyte the same battery exhibited 1,600 Reserve Capacity at 30 amps and a 5 minute recharge time. We performed over 1,000 full discharge and charge cycles to date without any lack of performance. Modified batteries (13) will be employed in an electric car the Current (see web site under CNT-Battery). This car will go over 400 miles to a charge and a 5 minute recharge time. Another important aspect to our technology is the fact that the CNT Battery will sell for 1/10 the cost of a similar lithium battery. Michael Siegel President Micro Bubble Technologies Inc.



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