Tag: Lithium-ion Batteries

  • Lithium Ion Batteries Baby Steps: 3-Year Warranty Laptop Battery

    The next-generation of lithium-ion batteries aren’t just here to power the first wave of electric cars and remake the power grid; they’ll be providing better energy storage for our gadgets and computers, too. On Monday, venture capital-backed lithium-ion battery player Leyden Energy(formerly called Mobius Power) is launching a replacement lithium-ion laptop battery for laptops that…

  • How Lithium-ion Laptop Batteries Work

    Lithium-ion batteries are incredibly popular these days. You can find them in laptops, PDAs, cell phones and iPods. They’re so common because, pound for pound, they’re some of the most energetic rechargeable batteries available. ­ Lithium-ion batteries have also been in the news lately. That’s because these batteries have the ability to burst into flames…

  • Lithium-Ion Batteries Market Set for Boom Courtesy of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

    Driven by plunging prices and accelerating demand from the electric and hybrid automobile market, lithium-ion will emerge as the world’s leading rechargeable battery technology and achieve 350 percent revenue growth from 2010 to 2020, according to a new IHS iSuppli Rechargeable Batteries Special Report from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Global lithium-ion battery…