TECHNOLOGY

'Batteries Are the Key'

With hybrids and electric cars all the rage, manufacturers are scrambling to develop a battery that can power cars efficiently and safely.

By Andrew Bast | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Sep 7, 2008 | Updated: 2:15  p.m. ET Sep 6, 2008

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  • Posted By: Skeeter9888 @ 09/13/2008 8:15:35 AM

    G,

    I'm amending my last post. Check out this site; re: info on li-ion fire.
    http://www.evworld.com/library/prius_fir...

  • Posted By: Skeeter9888 @ 09/13/2008 8:10:31 AM

    Ditto the comments by guildenstern. I live 5.5 miles from the EnerDel plant on the northeast side of Indpls. Last month our govenor, mayor and mayor of a city north of Indpls. announced that Enerdel will manufacture li-ion batterys. To date, Enerdel is the only li-ion manufacturer in the US. Logistics are crutial.

  • Posted By: Guildenstern @ 09/07/2008 4:21:05 AM

    I expected the director of the Center for Transportation research at Argonne National Laboratory and one of the foremost experts on batteries to be a little more on his game than this. Cars on fire? The only company working with batteries with the capacity for fire is Tesla and so far, so good there. The are several American lithium ion battery manufactures as well that the interviewee doesn't seem aware of. Ener1? I could go on...

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