Battery
20 battery startups hitting the road with lithium-ion
When we first put out our list of 13 startups working on lithium-ion batteries for vehicles, the market was waiting for billions of stimulus dollars for advanced batteries to be doled out, and hoping to gear up for its biggest ever plug-in vehicle push in 2010. That was a half a year ago, and subsequent DOE funds and major supply deals have made winners and losers out of contenders.
One of the startups on our original list — A123Systems — went on to have the biggest public offering of 2009 (now that it’s publicly traded, we’re still tracking ‘em but cut the company from our startup watch list). At the other end of the spectrum, a once promising company called Imara called it quits after being unable to raise new financing. So uh, they won’t be hitting the road any time soon.
Here’s our updated list, now with 20 battery startups (working on battery cells, materials, management systems and other tech) you should know about:
[Source & Read More: earth2tech]
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A Japanese team succeeded in observing the interior of the lithium battery by using the MRI (Magneting Resonance Imaging) technique. Professor Kawamura answers questions about the importance of Li-Ion batteries as energy storage devices, safety risks and how MRI methods can help better understand and improve the technology.
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EV Li-Ion Battery Forum 2009 – Day One – 2 September
As all the delegates arrive from various parts of the world, the conference shall duly begin in earnest at exactly 8:30. After a short coffee & tea session, Mr Bonomi, the conference Content Strategy Director, will give a brief speech welcoming all present to the conference. Do make sure that you are there on time for the speed networking session at around 9:10 as an interesting method of delegate interaction will be used to help you get to know others.
The morning will contain four presentations of 30 minutes duration based around the topic of EV application results & feedback with a panel session held before lunch focusing on exactly what potential consumers of Li-ion vehicle batteries in Asia want and how batteries need to change in the future in order to accommodate these demands. Lunch will be conducted at 12:50 and delegates will have the opportunity to visit various exhibition booths present outside the conference hall.
In the afternoon, Li-Ion battery safety will be discussed with researchers from Toyota and LG Chem providing their knowledge on relevant matters. There will be three presentations in total followed by refreshments at around 4.
The final presentation will be about a case study from Rome & Lyon on the electric urban bus transport system (using Sodium/Nickelchloride batteries) used there. A panel session will end the day with the topic being “Marketing To End Users The Residual Value Of The Li-ion Battery Pack To Lower The Costs Of Electric Vehicles”.
After a long day of productive presentations and discussions, delegates and speakers will be invited to a special drinks reception with champagne and other premium drinks on offer. Speakers, panellists and delegates will come together to discuss the day’s topics in a more relaxed atmosphere. At this time we will also pick the winner of a gift. Make sure you remember to enter the raffle before the end of the last session.
Should you be interested in finding out more information and even earlier than the first day, you are welcome to attend the pre-conference workshops on 1 September. There will be 3 workshops in total focusing, chronologically, on business models for the industry, electric vehicle configurations and battery manufacturing topics. You can choose to register separately for just the workshops if you are not keen on attending the 3 day conference itself.
Please email me should you have any further queries or seek to obtain any further information. If you are interested in asking questions of the speakers then please do not hesitate to take this unique and rare opportunity to get to know them and do send me an email outlining your request.
Suhas Bhat
suhas@ev-li-ionbatteryforum.com
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