Sonnenschein Lithium GmbH (Büdingen, Germany) announced their new Pulses Plus lithium batteries at the electronica 2000 conference. The company claims that these...
AVX (Myrtle Beach, SC) has announced the new BestCap (Battery Energy Saving Technology Capacitor) product. These electromechanical supercapacitors are based on an...
Electric Fuel Corporation (Iselin, NJ) announced that it will produce a line of fully charged, ready-to-use, disposable cellular phone batteries that Wal-Mart...
From its exhibit booth at Comdex 2000, Electric Fuel Corp. (EFC, Iselin, NJ) is introducing the Instant Power Charger. The new product...
PolyStor Corp. (Livermore, CA) has launched a new 8mm prismatic lithium-ion battery, the PSC340848-1350. The new battery achieves a 1350mAh capacity in...
Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that in May 2001 they will begin the mass production of new types of lithium-polymer batteries with capacities ranging up to 1,650mAh. The new lithium-polymer batteries employ an integrated structure of positive/negative electrodes and a separator, which can change its thickness and size. The power capacity can be […]
Moltech Power Systems (Gainesville, FL) has launched their NiMH battery solutions for HEVs and other battery-assisted vehicles. Utilizing high-power, high-drain NiMH technology,...
Moltech Power Systems Inc. (Gainesville, FL) launched the new Millennium Rechargeable Power Systems (MRPS), its line of premium rechargeable power cells, packs...
PowerCache (San Diego, CA), a Maxwell Technologies company, announced the availability of the PC100, a 100-farad ultracapacitor. PowerCache claims that the new PC100 can increase battery operating life while reducing battery size in automatic meter readers; automotive applications; black box data recorders for commercial and military aviation; backup power for UPS applications; or any other […]
Sanyo Electric Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) will start selling a thin, prismatic, lithium-ion, secondary battery, the UF383450P, in October 2000. The 3.5mm thick battery is, Sanyo claims, the thinnest lithium-ion battery available on the market. The company plans to manufacture one-million units per month, and to target use for mobile phones. The UF383450P has a capacity […]
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) recently unveiled the Power Pem PS250, a new PEM fuel cell system. The system, rated at 250W, is available in both mobile and rack-mounted models. Intended for the small electric-vehicle market as a primary or fuel cell battery hybrid-power source, the Power Pem PS250 can also be used as a […]
NEC Corp. (Dallas, TX) announced the development of a new proton-polymer battery designed to provide backup power for car cellular phones. The...
Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) announced that two standard sizes of its ultra-light, Ultralife Polymer brand rechargeable cells are now available for sale to qualified OEMs and distributors worldwide. Cell model UBC443483 is 4.4mm (less than 3/16") thick, weighs 21.5g and has a rated capacity of 725mAh. Model UBC543483, at 5.4mm (less than 1/4") thick […]
NEC Mobile Energy Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun selling a manganese laminate, lithium-ion, rechargeable, secondary battery. The company aims to meet market needs for the compact design of mobile terminal products such as cellular phones and PDAs. The batteries use a laminate film for battery packaging instead of conventional aluminum and iron packaging, making the […]
PowerCache (San Diego, CA), a Maxwell Technologies (San Diego, CA) company, announced the availability of the PC10, a miniature, 10-farad ultracapacitor. The...