http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2006/08/04/lithium-ion-battery-safety-an-open-question/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2006/08/04/lithium-ion-battery-safety-an-open-question/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Anonymous Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:38:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2006/08/04/lithium-ion-battery-safety-an-open-question/#comment-529 Hopefully Valence doesn't catch on, because A123 is a significantly better technology. They have drastically increased the life cycle of Li Ion by a factor of at least four. The cost is coming down and will probably be close to tradition Li Ion in a year or two (check out Hybrids Plus, about $7500 for 4.5 kWh for next year). A123 is probably a very good place to put some stock, because they will probably be taking over for all the current Li Ion producers in the near future. Hopefully Valence doesn’t catch on, because A123 is a significantly better technology. They have drastically increased the life cycle of Li Ion by a factor of at least four. The cost is coming down and will probably be close to tradition Li Ion in a year or two (check out Hybrids Plus, about $7500 for 4.5 kWh for next year). A123 is probably a very good place to put some stock, because they will probably be taking over for all the current Li Ion producers in the near future.

]]> http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2006/08/04/lithium-ion-battery-safety-an-open-question/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Anonymous Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2006/08/04/lithium-ion-battery-safety-an-open-question/#comment-528 Just to continue this story... Valence Technology Inc. has - apparently succesfull - tackled this problem recently. They replaced one of the compounds responsible for the ignition by a harmless surrogate, making the battery very harmless in even extreme conditions. Their technology is called Ucharge. Worth checking out at http://www.valence.com/ucharge.asp for those of us who are interested in those things. Just to continue this story… Valence Technology Inc. has – apparently succesfull – tackled this problem recently. They replaced one of the compounds responsible for the ignition by a harmless surrogate, making the battery very harmless in even extreme conditions. Their technology is called Ucharge. Worth checking out at http://www.valence.com/ucharge.asp for those of us who are interested in those things.

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