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Hitachi doubles manganese-based cathode battery life

wpadmin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:57:40 +0000

Hitachi, Ltd. announced that Hitachi has developed a new cathode material for industrial lithium-ion batteries using manganese-based cathode materials that roughly doubles the life of similar batteries using the cathode material which was developed by Hitachi in the past. The newly developed cathode material, made from manganese, a resource in abundant supply, stabilizes the crystal structure by replacing some of the manganese in the cathode material with other elements, and at the same time includes composite oxides with outstanding resistance to acids, to minimize the elution of manganese into the liquid electrolyte.

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Hitachi claims it’s doubled lifespan of li-ion batteries

wpadmin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:38:39 +0000

Not one to be left behind by Panasonic, General Electric, Siemens and the other corporate giants working to build a better battery, Hitachi claimed today that it has developed a method to make lithium-ion batteries last twice as long as the current models on the market — a change that could have a major impact on plug-in cars and portable electronics.

[Source & Read More: VentureBeat]

Hitachi develops li-ion batteries for PHEVs

wpadmin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:35:00 +0000

Hitachi, Ltd. announced that Hitachi and Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd. ,which develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications, such as hybrid electric vehicles, have developed lithium-ion batteries for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, a first for the Hitachi Group. These new batteries were developed in response to the growing demand for environment-friendly vehicles resulting from the increasingly strict regulations on automobile exhaust emissions around the world. Starting from the spring of 2010, the company will begin shipping samples to automobile manufacturers in Japan and overseas.

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