Weekly Newsletter for Batteries, Fuel Cells & the EV Industries

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July 16, 2011 - Newsletter No. 80 

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Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi and other leading vehicle OEMs meet at the 4th EV Battery Tech 

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Batteries 2011 the main pole of exchanges between the whole value chain of the battery 

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The Battery Show, 25-27, October 2011, Novi, Detroit, Michigan, USA 

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The Batteries, Fuel Cells & EV Seminar is presented by Shmuel De-Leon Energy, Ltd., Berlin, 

Germany 2-3/11/2011 (English Language ). 


batteries, Battery chargers, Thermal & Reserve batteries, Battery design processes, Battery 

design optimization using the Energy Sources Database, Battery resistance welding, Battery 

safety, Battery air transportation, Battery disposal, the “Smart Battery”, Battery testing 

systems, Battery holders, Fuel cells, Fuel cells testing systems, Ultra capacitors, Purchasing 

issues, Literature and resources. 


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Mobile Power Technology, Partnering Summit - November 9-10, 2011 


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EV JAPAN, 3rd EV & HEV Drive System Technology Expo, Dates: January 18th - 20th, 2012 / 

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The 2nd Israeli Power Sources Conference (Batteries, Fuel Cells & EVs) will be held in the 

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Battery Industry News 

NREL awards $7M to 3 teams to develop CAE tools for electric drive vehicle batteries 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/caebat-20110708.html#more

Exclusive interview with Jeff Kessen, A123 Systems 

http://www.cars21.com/content/articles/62020110711.php?AlertDate=2011-07-07 

Steering a battery manufacturer’s application through the U.S. FDA validation process 

http://www2.electronicproducts.com/Steering_a_battery_manufacturer_s_application_thro 

ugh_the_U_S_FDA_validation_process-article-fapo_Varta_aug2011-html.aspx 

http://americanlithiumenergy.com/plus/list.php?tid=11 

New 18650, 3.2Ah li-ion with silicon anode cells are ready for sale, 4Ah li-ion with silicon 

anode cells are under development. New 18650 1.5ah li-ion high power cells (13C) with the 

best energy density in the market (140wh/kg) are ready for sale. New 18650, 1.8Ah high 

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Developments in Lithium-Ion Batteries 

http://www.powerpulse.net/techPaper.php?paperID=166 

Bren-Tronics entered into an alliance with a lithium rechargeable cell manufacturing plant in 

Gainesville, Florida 

http://www.bren-tronics.com/presidents-letter/ 

TLI - Secondary Battery by Tadiran – The best solution for low power energy harvesting 

storage. 

http://www.sandvmag.com/downloads/0605disc.pdf 

Contact: http://www.tadiranbat.com ,Mr. Koby Pinsky, Pinsky@tadiran-batt.com , Tel: 972- 

8-944-4503 

Research projects on lithium-air battery started 

http://www.innovations-

eport.de/html/berichte/energie_elektrotechnik/forschungsprojekte_lithium_luft_batterie_g 

estartet_178118.html 

Contour Energy can provide standard and custom high rate coin cells solutions for your 

advanced application. 

Contour Energy Systems is a leading innovator of advanced battery technologies leveraging 

materials, science breakthroughs and patented manufacturing processes for the development 

of next-generation primary and rechargeable battery systems. 

Contact: www.contourenergy.com Mr. Joe Carcone, joseph.carcone@contourenergy.com , 

Tel: 626-610-0660 ext. 203 

BST Batteries Play Critical Role During Final Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch 

http://www.bstsys.com/index.php/news 

Laor Energy, Ltd. http://www.laor-energy.com, Ms. Einat Nave, Einat@laor-energy.com, Tel: 

972-9-8912232 

VARTA® Start-Stop battery at forefront of reducing vehicle emissions, protecting environment 

http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/about/our_company/featured_stories/star 

t-stop_battery.html 

EU researchers develop new type of polymer battery 

http://www.prw.com/subscriber/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=1310382687 

Sony improves notebook Li-Ion battery technology 

http://powerbatt.spruz.com/pt/Sony-improves-notebook-Li-Ion-batterytechnology/blog.htm 

Developing Ultra Long-Life Batteries 

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Developing-Ultra-Long-Life-Batteries- 

071511.aspx?xmlmenuid=51

Battery Raw Materials News 

Japan's rare earths 


Umicore to upgrade and expand sampling in Hoboken 

http://www.umicore.com/investorrelations/en/newsPublications/pressReleases/2011/ 

Ube To License Battery Electrolyte Tech To Hong Kong Firm 

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110704D04JFN02.htm 

Licensees Line up for Lithium Metal Phosphate Technology 

http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Licensees-Line-up-for-Lithium-Metal- 

Phosphate-Technology-update_35913.html 

DuPont supplies polymers for Toyota Prius Alpha hybrid 

http://www.silobreaker.com/dupont-supplies-polymers-for-toyota-prius-alpha-hybrid- 

5_2264702309906776190 

Puget Ventures Inc. Completes Key Milestone in Completion of Global Cobalt Launch 

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/puget-ventures-inc-completes-key-milestone-incompletion-of-global-cobalt-launch-tsx-venture-pvs-1536308.htm 

BASF and Dow move further into EV technology 

http://www.electricvehiclesresearch.com/articles/basf-and-dow-move-further-into-evtechnology-00003474.asp?sessionid=1 

Beijing start up develop battery electrode that will lower battery cost 

http://www.chinacartimes.com/2011/07/13/beijing-start-up-seems-to-have-unlocked-thekey-to-evs%ef%bc%9a-better-batteries/ 

xEV Industry News 

Sony Plans To Make Batteries For Electric Vehicles 

http://www.xydo.com/toolbar/24158814- 

sony_plans_to_make_batteries_for_electric_vehicles 

Volvo developing extended-range electric vehicle concepts with three different technology 

combinations 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/volvore-20110711.html

Software company predicts 25% battery boost will trickle down to vehicles 

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/10/software-company-predicts-25-battery-boost-willtrickle-down-to/ 

First drive: Fluence Z.E. and Kangoo Z.E. 

http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/08/test-driven-fluence-z-eand-kangoo-z-e/ 

Future of electric cars hinges on better batteries 

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18450778?source=most_emailed 

The global provider of electric vehicle networks and services. Contact: www.betterplace.com, 

Better place – Bringing the electric car to the world 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOW0z__AMI 

PJM/Better Place study finds unmanaged charging of 1M electric cars could add $750M in 

annual wholesale energy costs; need for CNO-managed smart charging 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/pjmbetter-place-study-finds-unmanagedcharging-of-1m-electric-cars-could-add-750m-in-annual-wholesal.html 

Evida designs EV power systems utilizing high-quality lithium-ion battery technology. 

Contact: Mr. Marc Bodner – marc@evida.com, Tel: +1 (415) 404-6860 / +972-54-4880453 

Website: http://www.evida.com 

Exclusive interview with EV battery firm Evida 

http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/08/exclusive-interviewwith-ev-battery-firm-evida/ 

Electric vehicle range extenders - a large new market 

http://www.electricvehiclesresearch.com/articles/electric-vehicle-range-extenders-a-largenew-market-00003576.asp?sessionid=1 

Volkswagen Studies Twin Drive Plug-in Hybrids 

http://www.plugincars.com/plug-hybrids-volkswagens-still-studying-twindrive-107353.html

Three Toyota E-Drive Cars Coming in 2012 

http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=26058 

Taiwan`s EPA to Subsidize Setting Up Battery Exchange Stations 

http://news.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_36874.html 

Stabenow plans to introduce bill to aid production of batteries like in Chevy Volt 

http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/07/stabenow_plans_to_introduce_bi.html 

Taiwan shifts into high gear with electric vehicles 

http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=170699&ctNode=427 

Beijing puts 1,060 electric garbage trucks into service 

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/12/beijing-puts-1-060-electric-garbage-trucks-intoservice/ 

eGenius sets electric record with 211-mile, 100-plus mph flight 

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/11/egenius-sets-electric-record-with-211-mile-100-plusmph-flight/ 

MAN Truck and Bus establishes Center of Competence for hybrid drives; hybrid technology to 

play “fundamental role” in all commercial vehicle segments 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/man-20110713.html 

MAN Truck & Bus establishes Center of Competence to focus on hybrid technology 

http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/14/centre-of-competenceestablished-for-hybrids/ 

United States Department of Defense Plug-In Electric Vehicles Request for Information 

http://www.electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=display/ReleaseDetails/i/23540/pid/2327 

There’s a severe oversupply of electric car batteries comin’ 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/idUS166379114520110713 

Mitsubishi scouts for new source of lithium-ion batteries to power EV growth 

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110715/GREEN/110719919#ixzz1SFVq7kZx 

Chargers Industry News 

Apple planning wireless charging for the iPhone? 

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/digital-life/item/22540-wireless-charging-for

Scaleo chip enters the automotive powertrain semiconductor market; leveraging OLEA 

development 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/scaleo-20110708.html#more 

Custom smart rechargeable batteries & chargers for medical & military applications. 

Contact :http://www.schneider.co.il/e/products/Batteries_and_Chargers /Mr. Kobi 

Shemesh: kobi@schneider.co.il Tel: +279-2-4298888, Mobile: +279-29-4210049 

Nissan and 4R Energy develop new EV charging system combining solar and Li-ion batteries 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/nissan4r-20110711.html 

Leviton Expands Electric Car Charging Offerings with New Portable and In-Home Devices 

http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=36814&minisite=10091 

RRC - Total power solutions ranging from battery chargers to wireless charging. 

http://www.rrc-ps.com and http://www.rrc-wireless-power.com 

How to use “Wireless Power” in the automotive sector 

http://www.rrc-wireless-power.com/en/applications/automotive.html 

France: Renault, VINCI to install EV charging points 

http://www.automotiveworld.com/news/environment/88145-france-renault-vinci-to-installev-charging-points 

AeroVironment Achieves UL Certification for Full Line of Electric Vehicle Charging Systems to 

Address Nation’s EV Infrastructure Needs 

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110711005901/en/AeroVironment-Achieves- 

UL-Certification-Full-Line-Electric 

Exclusive Interview with Tunji Adebusuyi, Marketing Manager, Lithium Balance 


External DC/DC Converter Completes Battery Charger Circuit 

http://powerelectronics.com/portable_power_management/battery_charger_ics/convertercompletes-battery-charger-circuit-0511/

Coulomb Technologies Releases OpenCharge Protocol and ChargePoint On-Ramp Program 


Washington selects AeroVironment to light up nation’s first electric highway 


Simplifying multichemistry-battery chargers 

http://www.edn.com/article/518785-Simplifying_multichemistry_battery_chargers.php 

Power Sources Testing Equipment Industry News 

Arbin Instruments is proud to celebrate 20 years of service in the automated testing 

instrumentation market. We offer standard and customized testing solutions for a wide 

variety of energy storage devices such as batteries, super capacitors, and fuel cells. 

Trust Arbin for exceptional quality, performance and reliability for all your testing needs. 

Contact :www.arbin.com , Mr. Antony Parulian, antony.p@arbin.com Tel: +0-272-021-9720 

Grid Energy Storage Industry News 

Flywheel Systems Offer a Green Alternative to Power Protection 

http://ecnmag.com/blog/2011/07/altenergy/Flywheel-Systems.aspx 

http://nation-e.com , Tel: 0041 55 410 71 55 

Meters Look to Put the Smarts in EV Charging 

http://www.plugincars.com/meters-look-put-smarts-ev-charging-107360.html 

NEC To Launch Power Storage System For Homes 

http://steve-crane.blogspot.com/2011/07/jul-5th-nec-to-launch-power-storage.html 

AC Propulsion delivers eBox to Danish University to evaluate V2G technology

http://www.torquenews.com/1063/tom-hanks-got-1st-ebox-now-europe-has-convertedscion-xb-too 

Kandi Technologies and State Grid Corporation Affiliate Hangzhou Electric Vehicle Service Co. 

Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kandi-technologies-and-state-grid-corporation- 

affiliate-hangzhou-electric-vehicle-service-co-sign-strategic-cooperation-agreement- 

125340743.html 

EUROBAT Releases White Paper on Batteries Contribution to Further the Use of Renewable 

http://www.eurobat.org/eurobat-releases-white-paper-batteries-contribution-further-userenewables 

Global Market for Alternative Energy Storage to be Worth $423 Million In 2016 

http://powerelectronics.com/news/lead-story/alternative-energy-storage- 

071311/index.html 

ZBB to Provide Energy Storage for Illinois Institute of Technology's "Perfect Power" Micro- 

Grid Project 

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/zbb-provide-energy-storage-illinois-institutetechnologys-perfect-power-micro-grid-project-nyse-amex-zbb-1537572.htm 

Japan may revive eco-points to cope with power shortage-Nikkei 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/japanecopoint-idUSL3E7IE3K420110714 

From around the world: 5 groundbreaking smart grid projects 

http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/news/From-around-the-world-5- 

groundbreaking-smart-grid-projects-3816.html 

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers On The Future Of Coal, Nuclear, And The Energy Industry 

http://www.fastcompany.com/1766582/duke-energy-ceo-jim-rogers-on-the-future-ofenergy 

Energy Storage and the Smart Grid 

http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/6295068255/articles/utility-automationengineering-td/volume-16/issue-7/features/energy-storage-and-the-smart-grid.html 

Fuel Cells Industry News 

USC researchers outline their proposed anthropogenic chemical carbon cycle; the “Methanol 

Economy” 

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/07/olah-20110708.html 

Celera fuel cells developer from Israel and Volkswagen will cooperate on developing Fuel cells

for FCV (use Google translate for translating from Hebrew) 

http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3523096,00.html 

Navy tests bacteria-powered hydrogen fuel cell, could start monitoring your underwater fight club 

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/07/navy-tests-bacteria-powered-hydrogen-fuel-cellcould-start-moni/ 

ACAL Energy and Gordon Murray Design team up to develop affordable fuel cell vehicle 

concept 

http://www.torquenews.com/119/acal-energy-and-gordon-murray-design-team-developaffordable-fuel-cell-vehicle-concept 

Airbus and DLR testing fuel cell technology to cut aircraft pollution and noise emissions 

http://www.gizmag.com/airbus-and-dlr-testing-fuel-cell-technology/19159/ 

Panasonic Establishes Fuel Cell Development Center in Langen, GermanyPanasonic 

Establishes Fuel Cell Development Center in Langen, Germany 

http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=29779 

AFC Energy getting nearer to commercialising its fuel cells 

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/30377/update-afc-energy-gettingnearer-to-commercialising-its-fuel-cells-30377.html 

APFCT won Taiwan BOE project contract for 80 FC scooters fleet demonstration 

http://www.apfct.com/article_cat.php?act=view&no=26 

Plug Power Announces Additional Closing of Over-Allotment in Connection with Previously 

Announced Public Offering 

http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=24292 

Fuel Cells' Hour of Reckoning 

http://www.powerpulse.net/powerLines.php?Id=323 

Scientists Publish Initial Results of Low Platinum Fuel Cell Testing 

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2011-07/Low-Pt-FC-Testing-Initial- 

Result 

Topsoe Fuel Cell to Expand Stack Production Facilities 

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2011-07/Topsoe-Expanding-Production- 

Faci 

Horizon Fuel Cells Power Winners at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2011-07/Horizon-Winners-Shell- 

EcoMaratho

Nedstack Fuel Cells Reach 10,000 Hours 

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2011-07/Nedstack-FCs-10000-Hours 

Ultra Capacitors Industry News 

BestCap Eliminates Battery Chatter 

http://pddnet.com/editorial-bharat-rawal-and-bob-knopsnyder-bestcap-eliminates-batterychatter-071111/ 

The coming challenge of super capacitor is to improve voltage 

http://www.elecsound.com.cn/the-coming-challenge-of-super-capacitor-is-to-improvevoltage/ 

2-Cell Supercapacitor Charger with Backup PowerPath Controller 

http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/3226f.pdf 

Nesscap Energy Inc. Receives Approval for Quality and Performance from Chinese 

Certification Agency 

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/nesscap-energy-inc-receives-approval-qualityperformance-from-chinese-certification-tsx-venture-nce-1538142.htm 

On-Line Web Power Sources DataBase 

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The user can search the database with a search engine using technical or other parameters 

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