AZEqualizer
06-12-2009, 05:14 PM
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GreenCar Advisor (http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/06/look-out-opec-japan-beginning-work-on-300-mile-battery-for-electric-cars.html) had this to report:
The Japanese government wants the nation's researchers to come up with a next-generation lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that will deliver triple the power of the current crop of lithium-ion batteries, according to news reports from Japan.
To help move things along on the advanced battery front, the government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has called for a 22-member research consortium to be funded by about 21-billion yen ($215 million) in government grants over a seven-year period.
Major automakers, power companies and universities would be members of the research consortium.
The consortium's ultimate goal is a new type of battery, or an incredibly advanced li-ion chemistry, that would enable a conventional passenger car to travel more than 300 (this was typo'd on the site and said 3000) miles on a single charge.
The ability to build and sell large numbers of such batteries could help position Japan to become the Saudi Arabia of the advanced energy world as electric drive systems begin taking over from internal combustion engines in the future.
GreenCar Advisor (http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/06/look-out-opec-japan-beginning-work-on-300-mile-battery-for-electric-cars.html) had this to report:
The Japanese government wants the nation's researchers to come up with a next-generation lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that will deliver triple the power of the current crop of lithium-ion batteries, according to news reports from Japan.
To help move things along on the advanced battery front, the government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has called for a 22-member research consortium to be funded by about 21-billion yen ($215 million) in government grants over a seven-year period.
Major automakers, power companies and universities would be members of the research consortium.
The consortium's ultimate goal is a new type of battery, or an incredibly advanced li-ion chemistry, that would enable a conventional passenger car to travel more than 300 (this was typo'd on the site and said 3000) miles on a single charge.
The ability to build and sell large numbers of such batteries could help position Japan to become the Saudi Arabia of the advanced energy world as electric drive systems begin taking over from internal combustion engines in the future.