Posted on 05/22/2009 3:07:26 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
But there is a tweak that interests me, and it should interest investors as well. It's a lithium-titanate battery developed by Altair Nanotechnologies /quotes/comstock/15*!alti/quotes/nls/alti (ALTI 1.10, +0.05, +4.76%) , and it's now being experimented with by the U.K.'s Lightning car company, as well as at least one U.S. carmaker.
What makes this battery valuable for automotive use is its recharging speed. It's optimized to recharge in minutes, not hours. That makes the idea of fueling stations for electric vehicles feasible, perhaps even practical.
It also can be recharged more than 5,000 times, or every day for more than a decade. Indeed, the recharging potential of these batteries could outlast a car's lifetime, and so the company needs to figure out ways to recycle.
The key to this battery is its unique nanotechnology anode, which increases the actual surface area of the anode by 30 times. That allows for faster charging and discharging.
But the drawback is price. Costing perhaps three times that of the competition, this battery will remain pricey until mass production techniques are used.
Meanwhile, this is one of the many companies in the lithium-ion business to watch -- and one of the few that is publicly traded.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
...this company has been public for over a decade and is losing 31 cents a share....think I’ll pass on investing in this outfit....reminds me of Ballard(BLDP)the fuel cell guys...remember them during the dot com run up?....at one time trading over $100/share....now you can have all you want for $1.87....they were gonna be the next big thing in energy too.
zero-emission => 52% coal powered
Advanced nuclear technology and CO2 mittigation (Thorium as an Energy Resource)
See #20 and #25.
You never answered my semi legible post #24. Where do you get it?
I don’t, but I’m in the city right next door.
Yes however at what MSRP?
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