Adaptec’s new controller bids goodbye to Li-ion batteries

New technology out of California-based company features flash memory powered by a supercapacitor instead of a battery, offering a maintenance free design. Read more.... … [Read more...]

South Korea Plans New Rules That Could Shut Out Products With Japanese-Made Li-Ion Batteries

The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the government of South Korea will introduce new regulations on the manufacture and sale of products containing lithium-ion batteries on 1 July. The rules reportedly could shut out products using Japanese-made … [Read more...]

BATT Awards $731,000 Contract for Development of Novel Electrolyte for Li-ion Batteries Based on New Salt

The Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies (BATT) program recently awarded a $731,000 contract to University of Rhode Island chemistry professor Brett Lucht, co-director of the URI Energy Center, for the development of new electrolytes … [Read more...]