Page 3 - Lithium Ion
History of lithium-ion battery
The 2019 Nobel Prize for chemistry honours three men who contributed to the development of this ubiquitous power storage device
The big obstacle on global auto industry's road to an electric future
Cutting the cost of batteries is arguably the industry's most urgent challenge
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Camcorder to smartphone era, how lithium-ion batteries transformed tech
Scientists and engineers have spent entire careers trying to build better batteries and there are still mysteries that we don't fully understand
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Exide eyes foray into lithium ion batteries
Exide Industries, a leading name in lead acid batteries for the automotive segment, is gearing up to ride the next wave of growth with a foray in lithium ion batteries. "We are in a very disruptive stage as far as the battery industry is concerned. There is so much talk about e-buses, e-cars, etc. Elon Musk is creating such a hype. We are keeping our plans flexible currently. If electric vehicles come then our investment has to be in a different directions. Then we have to look for persons and collaborations," G Chatterjee, MD & CEO, Exide Industries, said, on the sidelines of the company's annual general meeting.According to the company's annual report, Exide has signed a technology co-operation agreement for the design and manufacture of lithium ion family of products with Chawei Group, a renowned company of China.Chatterjee said, the Hero group had approached Exide mainly for the e-bike. "We are negotiating with a lot of companies and the government," he said. To start with, ...
