Eveready Battery Co. Inc. (St. Louis, MO) recently announced its new Energizer e2 (e-squared) titanium battery. The e2 uses a form of titanium compound and new cell construction. According to Eveready, the new battery will last up to 240 percent longer than the average battery in a digital camera. The company further claims that the […]
Eveready Battery Co. Inc. (St. Louis, MO) recently announced its new Energizer e2 (e-squared) titanium battery. The e2 uses a form of titanium compound and new cell construction. According to Eveready, the battery will last 240 percent longer than the average battery in a digital camera, or 78 percent longer in a regular camera. The […]
Electrosource Inc. (San Marcos, TX) recently launched its new lightweight intelligent battery, the E-POWER. According to Electrosource, the new battery uses patented technology to make the battery 25 percent lighter than competitive products. The company claims the battery is the first intelligent sealed lead-acid battery to include an embedded microchip which continuously monitors the battery […]
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Japan) announced that its Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. subsidiary has developed what it claims is the...
BatteryPro Systems Inc. (Calgary, Alberta) recently announced the RAMTech Conditioning Charger 400 Series. According to BatteryPro, the series features the world's lightest charging, conditioning and analyzing units sold in a single product. The series features single, four and six adapter sizes and is able to process NiCd, NiMH and lithium-ion battery types. The series also […]
Venmark International (Wellesley, MA) recently introduced rechargeable lithium-ion polymer batteries featuring a building-block design which can be customized into various voltages and...
Yuasa Inc. (Reading, PA) recently announced that it has upgraded its Independence DDS VRLA batteries with a new rack. According to Yuasa,...
Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (Japan) recently announced the development of a thin-type lithium-polymer secondary battery. Production will be located at Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd, Soft Energy Company in Japan. The production capabilities will reach 400,000 cells per month by the spring of 2000, according to Sanyo. The battery, UP363562, measures 3.6mm thick x 35mm wide […]
Nokia (Finland) recently announced that it will begin shipping its first ultra-thin (7.8 millimeter) lithium-polymer battery. According to Nokia, this battery is designed to be compatible with the world's most popular mobile phones including the Nokia 5100, Nokia 6100 and Nokia 7100 Series digital phones and Nokia 640, Nokia 650 (NMT 450) and Nokia RinGo […]
Fire, Wind & Rain Technologies (Flagstaff, AZ) is offering the new Power Advantage 302 and Power Advantage 304 battery chargers. The new systems are "step-down" chargers designed to decrease incoming solar-generated voltage to optimize charging currents for battery banks.The 30A chargers are claimed to deliver up to 25 percent more dc power to the solar […]
EnerSys Inc. (Reading, PA), formerly Yuasa Inc., has introduced a new battery that is claimed to provide 25 percent greater power output,...
Siemens Solar (Camarillo, CA) introduced its new earthsafe line of pre-engineered solar kits designed to enable homeowners to harness solar energy in...
Panasonic Batteries (Secaucus, NJ) announced that its new ultra-thin lithium coin cells are available with a 0.5mm profile. The cells are also available in 1.2mm thickness. Panasonic states it is using proprietary technology to replace the material for the gaskets and separators with a specially engineered plastic and to incorporate an electrolyte with a high […]
Power-Sonic Corp. (San Diego) introduced the PS-1250 12V, 5.0Ah rechargeable sealed lead-acid battery specifically designed for a number of applications in the...
Yuasa Inc. (Reading, PA) announced it has increased the capacity of its popular industrial front termination PowerLock battery to 150Ah within the...