Product category: Batteries and Chargers
News Release from: A123 Systems | Subject: Lithium-ion batteries
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 November 2005
Li-ion batteries delivers
power, safety and life
A123 Systems, developer of a new generation of lithium-ion batteries, is delivering batteries with unprecedented power, safety, and life as compared with conventional lithium technology
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A123 Systems' first battery is now in production and being delivered to the Black and Decker Corporation. It will be first utilised by the corporation's Dewalt brand, a leading manufacturer of power tools. A123 Systems' battery technology delivers up to 10X longer life, 5X power gains and dramatically faster charge time over conventional high power battery technology, as validated by independent testing at Motorola and government research labs.
A123 Systems' batteries use proprietary nanoscale electrode technology built on research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and exclusively licensed from MIT.
'A123's revolutionary technology will enable manufacturers to improve the performance and form factor of existing high-power portable devices and to transform products currently dependent on power cords and sockets into a new class of portable devices', said David Vieau, CEO and president of A123 Systems.
'We expect that our technology will have the same impact on high-power products as the introduction of first generation lithium-ion technology had on the development and commercialisation of consumer electronics in the 1990s'.
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A123 Systems' initial family of batteries is targeted at applications that require high power, high levels of safety, and longer life.
These include power tools, advanced medical devices, hybrid electric vehicles, mobility products such as electric scooters, robotics, and consumer electronics.
Dewalt is using A123 Systems' battery in a new, innovative, heavy-duty 36V power tool platform.
The 36V power tools will provide users with increased levels of power and runtime, at a similar or less weight than their corded counterparts.
Available in 2006, the new power tool line was designed from the ground up to ensure durability and reliability and to make optimum use of the increased power available from A123's innovative battery technology.
The line will include a hammerdrill, reciprocating saw, circular saw, impact wrench, rotary hammer, jigsaw, flashlight and combo kits.
A123 Systems has seen considerable interest in its advanced battery technology across many applications.
The company is working with the US Department of Energy as part of a major undertaking to develop battery materials for future use in hybrid electric vehicles.
As part of its work with the DOE, A123 Systems has already completed two development phases of advanced battery technology.
Preliminary performance results show a technology with great promise for the future of electric and hybrid electric vehicles.
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