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Lithium-Sulfur Battery Lab Tests Show High Energy Density By  Antony Ingram – Nov 29, 2013 The Graphene Carbon Lattice The month wouldn’t be complete without another battery technology breakthrough, and this time it’s the turn of lithium-sulfur technology. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are experimenting with a lithium-sulfur battery design…

Battery Design: The Key to Improving Wearable Medical Devices By Neil Oliver – 30/10/2013 Neil Oliver at Accutronics outlines the issues involved in achieving optimum battery design for medical devices, particularly wearable and implantable devices. According to a piece of research published by IMS (www.imsresearch.com) in 2012, the wearable technology market is expected to reach…

New Solid-State Lithium Ion Battery Could Double the Range of Electric Cars By The Daily Fusion – September 20, 2013  @  13:14 Tesla’s Energy Storage System (ESS) (Credit: Flickr @ Nick Ares http://www.flickr.com/photos/aresauburnphotos/) A cutting-edge solid-state lithium ion battery that uses a ceramic electrolyte to separate the metal anode from the cathode developed at the University of…

World’s Fastest Electric Race Car … Maybe Monday July 1, 2013, 4:00am PDT By Vivien Diniz – Exclusive to Lithium Investing News At this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans — an automobile endurance race held on June 22-23 in Le Mans,  France — Nissan unveiled ZEOD RC, the fastest electric race car. Or at least that’s what…

Toyota Bets Heavily on Lithium by The Lithium Review on June 10, 2013 Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) and Toyota Tsusho (South Sea) Corp (TYO:8015) have recently made significant investments throughout the lithium supply chain. Their investments now cover a direct Joint Venture with a junior lithium explorer in Argentina, a major ramp up in production for large format lithium…

Lithium-Sulfur Battery Race Heats Up By Tina Casey on June 6, 2013 – Clean Technica Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are hot on the trail of a lithium-sulfur battery that packs four times the punch of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Given the low cost of sulfur, if the technology can be commercialized it would have a huge impact on…

Lithium Battery Technology Developments By Vivien Diniz on Monday May 20, 2013 – Exclusive to Lithium Investing News Batteries are one of the largest demand drivers for lithium and the market isonly expected to grow. This week, international metals and minerals research firm Roskill released a report on the dependence that the lithium market has on batteries, stating that rechargeable battery demand accounts for…

Toyota upping lithium-ion battery production 6x for introduction to Prius family By Sebastian Blanco on May 20, 2013 for AutoBlogGreen There are already lithium-ion batteries in some Toyota vehicles (the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, the RAV4 EV and the European Prius+, for example), but the company’s standard bearer – the non-plug Prius hybrid – still relies…

Research update: Team observes real-time charging of a lithium-air battery May 13, 2013 – David L. Chandler, MIT News Office Imaging reveals what happens during charging; could lead to improved batteries for electric cars. One of the most promising new kinds of battery to power electric cars is called a lithium-air battery, which could store up…