I posted a comment in my blog in regard to an available battery techology that could improve Hybrids battery power five fold. Black and Decker's DeWalt Cordless tools are the early in adopting this new higher voltage battery technology and the Department of Energy is working with A123 Systems to develop and test a battery package for vehicular use. They have provided $850,000 in early funding towards this development and are studying whether it can replace the 100-pound batteries in hybrid vehicles with lithium-ion batteries lighter than 20 pounds … now that would be interesting. Imagine a hybrid vehicle with 100 pounds of the A123 batteries offering 5 times the range under electric power of today's hybrids? Couple that with the capablility of nightly plug-ins at home? The potential petroleum savings for daily commuting would be huge!

--RichC --- "My Desultory Blog" & CinciTDI Club

Hi Rich C:

Big Oil owns hybrid tech and Li-Ion's to set us free

___We are talking about the same thing, right

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes

Funny thing ... I did a 'search' for A123 thinking someone else would have a post already going on this and I didn't see anything? Sorry.

--RichC --- "My Desultory Blog" & CinciTDI Club

This is a MAJOR advance!

I've long thought it would be great to take the safe phosphate chemistry of Valence and couple it with nano-sized particles. Big power and great longevity combined!

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ecotech/ecot.htm

WSJ did a podcast this morning (11/5/2005) mentioning A123 Systems. Click to listen to WSJ.mp3 audio file.

--RichC --- "My Desultory Blog" & CinciTDI Club

More A123 news....

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05306/599379.stm

I wonder if Toyota are talking to them?

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ecotech/ecot.htm