Firefly revamps the lead acid battery
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The Oasis battery from Firefly will keep Your Cheatin' Heart going all night without contributing to global warming.
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 16--LODI -- Francisco Silvia has spent the past few weeks tuning up the engine that will drive Lodi's newest form of public transportation -- his legs.
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By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Feb. 11--QUESTION: At your recommendation, I purchased a battery backup  for my PC. Also at your suggestion, I was planning to buy one for my HDTV as  well.
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The software maker is in the midst of a major revamp to its search product. Over the coming weeks, the company will make more changes, including to the engine itself. Whether the changes add up to more eyeballs is an open question.
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The goal for A123Systemsâ battery for plug-in hybrid cars is to achieve 155 miles to the gallon and reduce demand for gasoline by 70 percent.
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Other liquids accepted The trouble with batteries is that there never seems to be a power socket in sight when you want to charge them up. Thankfully, one manufacturer has developed a battery that should be slightly easier to recharge, thanks to its ability to run off a variety of liquids, including water and urine.â¦
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Problems with the battery pack's latch could lead to overheating, company says.
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Passengers can now use an Apple or Dell laptop with a battery after the serial number is checked by a crew member.
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Sony said Friday that it had developed a bio-conscious battery that is encased in vegetable-based plastic and runs on sugars. The sugars are poured into the battery, and are then broken down by enzymes in order to create electricity.
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Fisker Coachworks shows off its phenomenal prototype Karma at the auto show. The company claims the $80,000 car's lithium-ion batteries will provide 50 miles of emissions-free full-electric driving.
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Hybrio rechargeable batteries are ready to use right from the store and can be recharged up to 500 times.
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Main problem of battery vehicles potentially fixed Updated The rules of the game for electrically-powered vehicles may be about to change, as new battery technology approaches road service.â¦
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A patent filed by EEStor promises to replace electrochemical batteries, allowing motorists to plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500 miles roundtrip without gasoline. Some plug-in hybrids on the drawing board have to be charged overnight and promise only 50 miles of gas-free commute. Could this be the death knell for the internal combustion engine?
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Beware, Energizer bunny, wherever you are. Some familiar Disney characters are leading an assault by a rival brand on the battery market.
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New battery a welcome addition to the market after recall costs laptop manufacturers millions.
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Want to get some VC funds? Come up with a cool energy-storage concept like the flow battery from Deeya Energy.
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(InfoWorld) - Dell has increased by 100,000 the number of laptop batteries it is recalling due to a potential fire hazard, while Toshiba said it would take part in Sony's voluntaryÂ battery replacement programÂ kicked off Thursday. Fujitsu indicated that it was also considering a voluntary recall. Dell said it received new information that caused it to increase its recall to 4.2 million batteries from 4.1 million. It urged customers to visitÂ itsÂ battery recall siteÂ and to recheck their batteries to see if they are affected. The site has received almost 200 million hits since theÂ recall was first announcedÂ in August, Dell said. The problems affect battery packs containing Sony-made Lithium Ion cells. Sony has discovered that metallic particles in the cells created during the manufacturing process could cause a short-circuit. That short-circuit could in turn result in a fire, depending on the way the laptop is designed. While the affected notebooks from Dell and Apple Computer, which hasÂ recalled 1.8 million batteries, pose a potential fire hazard, Toshiba said its laptops are not in danger of catching fire. It said it was recalling the laptops voluntarily to ease concerns among customers. Toshiba offered toÂ replace 830,000 laptops, including some of its popular Satellite and Portege models. Fujitsu indicated that it would also be likely to join the voluntary recall, although details had not been announced late Friday in Japan. Toshiba, and possibly Fujitsu, are taking advantage of a program announced by Sony on Thursday, which said it would conduct a battery-replacement program in conjunction with laptop makers worldwide. One day earlier, Lenovo GroupÂ added its nameÂ to the list of manufacturers recalling Sony-made battery packs, saying it will recall 526,000 notebooks. Other laptop makers are expected to follow suit and offer new batteries to their customers, said Takashi Uehara, a spokesman for Sony in Tokyo. The plan might reassure consumers but will also increase the cost to Sony of the problems. In late August, Sony said it wouldÂ incur costsÂ of between Â¥20 billion and Â¥30 billion ($170 million to $255 million), but that was only for the recalls announced by Dell and Apple. Sony has not updated investors since then. Its battery problems began in October last year when Dell approached the company about a possible problem involving Sony Lithium Ion cells used in battery packs in Dell laptops. Sony changed its manufacturing process to lessen the chance of metallic particles being left in its products, but it wasn't until August this year -- after several well-publicized cases of Dell laptops catching fire -- that Dell began recalling batteries. Apple followed on Aug. 25 with its own recall of 1.8 million batteries, and on Thursday Lenovo joined the list. Together, the recalls that cite a potential fire hazard total about 6.5 million battery packs. Separately, Toshiba last week offered to exchange 340,000 Sony notebook batteries, but not because of a fire hazard. Instead, the defective batteries could unexpectedly cut power to the notebooks, causing users to lose unsaved work, the company said. The latest reports from Toshiba and Fujitsu came after the stock market closed in Japan, but the Lenovo recall had little effect on Sony shares, which closed trading on Friday at Â¥4,780, down less than 1 percent on the day. The overall Japanese stock market as measured by the Nikkei 225 index rose by just under 1 percent to 16,127 points.