The CSIRO-invented UltraBattery is set to have a global impact on
greenhouse gas emissions after Japan’s Furukawa Battery Company, which
has already begun production of the UltraBattery, and US manufacturer,
East Penn, today signed an international commercialization and
distribution agreement for the technology.
CSIRO’s UltraBattery combines an enhanced-power negative electrode
and a lead acid battery in a single unit and has applications for low
emissions transport and renewable energy storage.
The exclusive sub-license agreement will see the UltraBattery
distributed by East Penn to the automotive and motive power sector
throughout North America, Mexico and Canada while Furukawa Battery
Company will release the technology in Japan and Thailand.
Previous tests show the UltraBattery has a life cycle that is at
least four times longer and produces 50 per cent more power than
conventional energy storage systems. The technology is approximately 70
per cent cheaper than the batteries currently used in hybrid electric
vehicles (HEVs)...
More: http://www.csiro.au/news/UltraBattery4HybridCars.html
