Battery and EV Industry Review 2005

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• ALKALINE, CONSUMER
  • Procter & Gamble Buying Gillette, with Duracell
  • RBRC Battery Collection Rates Up
  • Energizer and Techtium Co-op on Hybrid Cells
  • From Rayovac to Spectrum Brands
  • Magnesium Battery Unit Acquired
  • 12% Duracell Sales Hike
  • Gold Peak Posts Lower Profits
    • Gold Peak Posts Lower Profits (Continued)
  • Energizer Alkaline Will Use Citect MES
• BUSINESS
  • Matsushita Electric to Take on its Brand Name
  • Micro Power Completes Expansion
  • Mini-box.com Develops Power Supply to Eliminate Battery Drain
  • Magnetek Gets APU Contract
  • Laptop Battery Lasts All Day
  • 3-Year Cardiac Science Contract for Saft
  • Rayovac to Become Spectrum Brands
  • More Military Contracts for Ultralife Batteries
  • Delphi EV Air Conditioner Order for UQM
  • China Digital Moves Battery Plant
  • Lexus RX400h Pricing Announced
  • Battery Charger Sales Help Spark Fairchild Demand
  • China BAK Battery Posts Record Revenue
  • CAP-XX Polar Twin Contract Expands Capacity
  • $5 Million European Defense Contracts Awarded
  • Medina Coffee Changes Name to China BAK Battery
  • U.S. Congress to Acquire HEVs
  • Active Power Ships 5 Megawatts of Energy Storage
  • Konarka Technologies Secures Venture Financing
  • Vishay, Siliconix Complete Merger
  • O2Micro Expands Charger Family Benefits
  • Nissan Picks Smyrna as HEV Plant Site
  • ABAT Establishes Middle East, Africa Offices
  • QuantumSphere Retains Natural Carbon LLC
  • NYC Citizens Support Hybrid Taxis
  • O2 Micro Receives Charging Circuit Patent
  • Poor Sales Spark Segway Reshuffling
  • CONTRACTS AND MERGERS
    • Arotech's Battery and Power Division Receives Follow-on Micro Air Vehicle Contract
    • Power Technology to Make Submersible Batteries
    • Statmon Technologies, U.S. Energy Systems In Joint Venture
    • QuantumSphere, Inc. to Collaborate with Robert Dopp
    • 500 wireless Battery ChaMP Systems Added to Order
    • Quantex Capital Acquires Power Supply Gem
    • Battery Refurbishment Contract
    • Contract from NASA-JSC
    • Development of Power Conversion Electronics and Controls
    • U.S. Defense Dept. Denies Protest
  • CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS
    • FedExExpress Adds Hybrids to Fleet
    • Advanced Battery Systems Completes Relocation
    • O2Micro Prevails in Trade Secrets Case
    • Solicore Closes Phase I Stock Financing
    • Exide Financials Up for Fiscal Year
    • Valence Revises Q1 2006 Performance
    • Branding 101: Spectrum Brands Inc. Is Not Spectrum Brands Corp.
    • ALD NanoSolutions Awarded $100,000 Phase I STTR NSF Grant
    • Ensci Selling Additive Operations
    • Oak Ridge Completes Initial Battery Production Run
    • msEnduR Telecomm Battery Milestone for C&D Technologies
    • China BAK Enters into $43 Million Private Placement Financing
    • AccelRate Chargers Receive UL Certification
    • Enova Systems Listed on London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
    • DoD Denies Battery Ultralife Award Protest
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Opens 100 Person, $25 Million Battery Technology Plant
    • Uniross Will Expand to North American Market
    • Superconductive Components Completes Private Equity Financing
    • Spectrum Increases Some Consumer Battery Prices
    • JCI Renames Business Units
    • Maxwell Ultracapacitor Cells UL Recognized
    • Ford Hybrid Transaxle Progress Continues
    • ISO Certification for Cobasys
    • EPOD seeks AMEX Listing
    • PrioVista Laboratories Joint Venture Commissioned
    • O2Micro Wins Taiwan Sumida Electronics Patent Infringement Suit
    • Power Technology seeking Taiwan Joint Venture
  • COMPANY APPOINTMENTS
    • Zinc Matrix Power Appoints new President and CEO
    • New President for Active Power
    • Director for Electro Energy
    • Compact Power Appoints CEO
    • TS16949:2002 Certification for Harbin Electric
    • Electro Energy, Inc. Joins the Russell Microcap Index
  • COMMENTARY
    • Looking Back... Looking Ahead
    • HEVs & EV Batteries
      • HEVs & EV Batteries (Continued)
    • Stationary Batteries
    • Portable Product Batteries
    • Nanotechnology
    • Business Activity
    • Other Highlights
      • Other Highlights (Continued)
      • Other Highlights (Continued)
      • Other Highlights (Continued)
  • FINANCIAL NEWS/FINANCIAL RESULTS
    • Valence Technology, Inc FQ305 Financials Show Strategic Gains
    • Electrovaya Revue Down for the Quarter
    • Wilson Greatbatch Registers Loss
    • Power Integrations Posts 2% 4th Quarter Increase
    • Volume Shipped Up at Tech/Ops Sevcon
    • Paratek Microwave Sues Agile Materials
    • Private Placement of Active Power Common Stock
    • O2Micro Posts 8% Increase
    • Energizer Holdings Post FQ4 8% Sales Increase
    • Energizer Holdings Post FQ4 8% Sales Increase (Continued)
    • Ultralife Reports FQ2 Financials
    • Spectrum Restates FQ4 Earnings
    • Spectrum Releases FQ4 & 2005 Results
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
    • Hybrid Technologies Forms Partnership
    • ABAT & ECr Will Develop Hybrid Buses
    • ZAP Readies for Brazilian Trybrid
    • Ovonics and Intellect Battery in Patent License
    • Battery Control Joint Venture for Cobasys and Motorola
    • Statmon and U.S. Energy Contact Information
    • Valence Receives $20 Million Loan
    • TransDigm Acquires Eaton Assets
    • Exide Tractor Retail Agreement Continues
    • AEA Technology Will Sell Battery Operations
    • International Components Acquires Elpac Electronics
    • BYD Acquires Nickel Metal Hydride Technology License from Ovonic
    • New Partner in Norway
    • Solicore, AudioSmartCard Ink Agreement
    • Two Companies Tackle Mercury Emissions
    • JCI & SAFT Form HEV Battery Venture
    • India Distributor for Active Power
    • EnerSys Acquires German Battery Manufacturer
    • Sanyo Merging Its Japanese Production Facilities
    • Toyota and Fuji in Joint Venture
    • Electro Energy to Work with U.S. Air Force
    • Enersys to Acquire Fiamm Motive Power Battery
    • Power Technology Retains TVA Productions
    • First National Power Buys GO Micro Utility Unit
    • IN ADVANCED BATTERIES NEC's Organic Battery
      • In Advanced Batteries Nec's Organic Battery (Continued)
      • In Advanced Batteries Nec's Organic Battery (Continued)
    • Wuhan Jie Xin with China Digital
  • ZINC
    • Arotech Wins Another Conract
• CHARGERS
  • Valere Power Debuts Backup Battery Extender
  • Mobility Electronics, Energizer Ally
  • TI Ships Battery Management IC
  • Fully Configurable Smart Battery Debuts
  • $2.2 Million Xantrex Powerpack Order
  • MOSFETS Extend Battery Life
  • Miniature Charger for Single Cell Li-Ion
  • Compact Intersil Cellphone Charger
  • Solar Charger Trailer Management
  • No Inverter with Nextek Grid Connection
  • Hawker Powersource Licenses AccelRate
  • Magnetek Reorganizes
  • HEVs Charged with 110-Volt AC
  • Versatile, Accurate Battery Charger Debuts
  • NSC Single-Cell Chargers Debut
  • Dual Input Lithium Charger IC Debits
  • Tekkeon One Size Fits All Charger
  • Fully-Integrated Charger IC Debuted
  • Semtech Debuts Miniature Chargers
  • Power Integrations Debuts Charger ICs
  • Linear Tech Dual-Input Linear Chargers
  • New ON Bipolar Junction Transistors
  • AAT Lithium-Ion Charger IC Ships
  • Microchip Offers Small Single-cell Charger
• INDUSTRY NEWS
  • Electrovaya Shows Revenue Growth
  • Inco Sells 70% Interest in Exmibal Guatemala
  • Ultralife Racks Up Largest Contract
  • Whitney Blake Expands Cord and Cable Line
  • Good Year for China Digital Communication
  • Fairchild Posts Gains, SPM Sales Triple
  • Microchip Technology Net Sales Down 6.9%
  • OWC and Newer Debut Ipod Aftermarket Cell
  • Segway Hikes Power with Li-ion Batteries
  • Year of ECD Nickel Metal Hydride Accomplishments
  • Artesyn Releases PMBus Digital Power Protocol
  • Azure Dynamics, SEV In Powertrain Effort
  • $60 Million Private Placement for Exide
  • Arotech Receives Additional Funding
  • Compact Power Expands Battery Line
  • Polypore Adds Products, Customer
  • Court Orders Return of Oak Ridge Shares
  • Azure Dynamics Gets Together With Solectra
  • Toyota's North American Hybrid Plant
  • ECD Licenses NiMH to Wintronic
  • TDK Acquires Amperex Technology
  • Polypore Expands Asian Operations
  • Degussa, Enax Collaborate in Lithium Ion Materials
  • Ultralife DoD Order Delayed
  • New Taiwan Cleaning Center for Entegris
  • Battery Recycling Rates up 9%
  • Pentadyne and Ehwa Technologies Cooperate
  • Lithium Technology Sub Battery Contract
  • iQ Power Acquires 40% of Korean Unit
  • Li-ion Lab for Johnson Controls
  • Ener1 Will Spin Off Subsidiaries
  • Electro Energy Inks Deal with In-Q-Tel
  • Vector Products Settles Patent Suit
  • Farmers Offers HEV Insurance Discount
  • New President, Named for ABSL
  • Tracking the Shifts In the Consumer Markets
    • Tracking the Shifts In the Consumer Markets (Cotinued)
  • OK, Kids, Call Home -- On Your Own Cellular
  • A Few Good Robot Batteries
    • A Few Good Robot Batteries (Continued)
    • A Few Good Robot Batteries (Continued)
  • Battery-Powered Vehicles: A product Whose Time Hasn't Come
  • Awaiting Pure Battery Power
    • Awaiting Pure Battery Power (Continued)
  • Foldable Solar Charger for AA Batteries
  • Miniature 750mA Li-Ion Battery Chargers
  • Union Pacific Expands Battery Train Program
  • Enova Announces Global HEV Orders
  • The Eternal Question: Paranoid or Paranoid Enough?
  • Personnel and People
    • Cobasys President Plans Expansion
    • Solicore, Inc. Hires Executive VP, Sales and Marketing
    • Jerome B. York Elected as Director
    • Valence Technology Inc. Hires Jin-Rong Hwang
    • SION Power Appoints Vice President of R&D and Manufacturing
    • New President and CEO for NanoGram
    • New CFO for Valence
    • Executive Shakeup for Azure Dynamics
    • Sanyo North America Appoints New President
    • VP Back to Exide Aftermarket Sales
    • China Digital Retains Battery Consultant
    • Ener1 Executive Reorganization Sees Four New Members of Senior Management Team
    • QuantumSphere Appoints Senior Research and Development Scientist
    • New Engineering VP for Firefly
    • Ener1 Retains Allen & Caron as Investor Relations Agency
    • Staran Named Director of Marketing for Enova
    • Electrovaya Will Reduce Size of Board of Directors
    • CEO for Exide Technologies
    • JCI Names Corporate Controller and Vice President
    • Electro Energy President, CEO Resigns
    • New Distributor Chosen
    • Exide Selects President
    • New CEO for NanoEner
    • New General Manager for JCI
    • LTC Appointments Announced
    • C&D Appoints New CEO
    • New CEO for Valence
    • Hired as COO, Then Soon After Made President
    • Battery Charger Maker AccelRate Power Systems Appoints New VP Corporate and Market Development
    • Exide Appoints New Finance VP
    • Sheet Named SEMI Director
    • Active Power Appoints CFO
    • Arotech Names Subsidiary President
  • PRODUCTS
    • UPS Trench Gates Hike Efficiency
    • Intersil Light Portable Battery Charger
    • ON Semiconductor introduces DC-DC Converter
    • Aveso Developing Paper-Thin Microelectronic Devices
    • Introducing the World's First Electronic Paper Display Watch
  • SALES AND EARNINGS
    • Active Power Revenues Up
    • China Digital Communication Shows Rapid Growth
    • Components for Gasoline-Electric HEVs
    • Rayovac Prices to Increase
    • EPOD Produces New Vanadium Redox Battery
    • Sony Set to Sell 1 Million PlayStations by March
    • 10 Million Cell Phones Recycled
  • SHIPMENTS & CONTRACTS
    • SatCon Ships to Azure Dynamics
    • SEV Group Orders Azure Powertrains
    • AccelRate Ships Chargers to Pape Materials Handling
    • Denver Regional Orders Cobasys NiMHs
    • Exide to Deliver Sub Batteries
    • Exide Renews Repco Supply Agreement
    • METC Will Install Telecomm Batteries
    • $25 Million in GM Contracts for Ultralife
    • German Military Source Orders Ultralife Batteries
    • I.D. Systems Orders Additional Aerovironment Chargers
    • National Center for Manufacturing Sciences contract for Millennium Cell
    • Military Radio Smart Battery Contract for Aerotech
    • Dod Lithium Battery Order for Ultralife
    • Bipolar Nickel Metal Hydride Contract for Electro Energy
    • Valence Saphions Power SRNL Andros Vehicles
    • AGV Battery, Charger Order for Transbotics
    • Navy VRLA Contract for Exide Technologies
    • Battery Development and Tooling Contracts for INSEQ
    • Major Azure Dynamics HEV from Purolator
    • Flywheel UPS Caterpillar Order for Active Power
    • Exide will Deliver German Army Batteries
    • USAF Set to Fund Nanotech Energy Storage
    • New Military Battery Orders for Aerotech
    • Ultralife Receives $3 Million Military Battery Production Contract
    • Graham-Field Health Products Will Use Valence Lithium-Ion Solutions
    • DLA Contract for Saft
    • Big Wave Titan Lithium Power Source
    • Lithium Technology Corp. Receives $3 Million in Financing
    • Norway Uses Electrovaya Batteries in New EV/HEV Program
    • T/J Technology Team Receives TARDEC Order
    • QuantumSphere Will Make Advanced Batteries for US Modular
    • UQM Receives HEV and EV Motor Order
  • WHO'S WHO
    • WHO'S WHO IN ADVANCED BATTERIES: Larry Gadeken of Betabatt Inc.
      • Who's Who in Advanced Batteries: Larry Gadeken .. (Continued)
    • WHO'S WHO IN ADVANCED BATTERIES: Tropian CEO Tim Unger and VP of Sales and Marketing Adrian Woolley
      • Who's Who in Advanced Batteries: Tropian (Continued)
    • Who's Who in Advanced Batteries: Uniross Batteries Corp.
      • Who's Who in Advanced Batteries: Uniross .. (Continued)
      • Who's Who in Advanced Batteries: Uniross .. (Continued)
• LEAD
  • Fiber Brings Power To-the-Home
  • Solucorp to Market Lead Waste Cleanup
  • Lead Added to Carcinogen List
  • Doe Run Peru Tests Low Cost Powerplant
  • Delphi to Sell Battery Business
  • Navy Contract for EnerSys
  • Union Pacific Places HEV Locomotive
  • Firefly Powers Electrolux Lawn Products
  • More Recycling of Lead-Acid Batteries
  • EnerSys Will Supply Thin Plate Pure Lead
    • Axion Files Against Mega-C Power
  • Power Technology Glass Matt Battery
  • Bosch Offers Compact Car Battery Sensor
  • AdC Will Use Exide Sub Batteries
• LITHIUM
  • Electrovaya Shows Revenue Growth
  • NiMH Lexus RX 400h Hybrid SUV Debuts
    • NiMH Lexus RX 400h Hybrid SUV Debuts (Continued)
  • Tests Validate Li-Ion Power Tools
    • Tests Validate Li-Ion Power Tools (CONTINUED)
  • Protest Filed Over Next Gen II IV Award
  • Raymor to Complete Private Financing
  • Electro Energy Patents Bipolar Li-Ion Cells
  • T/J Technologies Li-Ion Could Replace USAF AgZn
  • Medtronic Warns On Implantable Defibrillators
  • Segway to Use Valence's Saphion
  • Ener1 Plans Private Placement
  • DOE to Fund TIAX R&D
  • High Temp Lithium SBIR Funding
  • Approval for Rechargeable Neurostimulation
  • ZAP Signs Agreements with ABAT, Target
  • Lithium/Phosphate Power Cell Debuts
  • ABAT Benefits from Chinese Ruling
  • Stratellite Will Use LTC Batteries
  • Electrovaya Ships Li Iron Phosphate Units
  • Added Funding for Electrovaya
  • Electro Energy, Rutgers Form Agreement
  • NASA Selects AEA's Lithium-Ion
  • GAIA Contracts for Auto Remote Battery
  • Fuji Developing Hybrid Lithium-Ion Capacitor
  • Atmel Smart Battery Development Kit Ready
  • Saft Batteries Slated for Orbital Sciences
  • UW-Madison Battery Nerve Stimulator
  • Single Chip TI Smart Battery
  • GAIA Sells German Windfarm Batteries
  • Button Cells Key to MSSI FRID Tags
  • Patent for Electrolyte Separator
• NANO AND MICRO-SCALE
  • Oak Ridge Business Plan Progress
  • EV Group, Jinsan to Open Nanolab
  • Altair Li-Ion Electrodes Have 3 Times the Power
  • Ener1 Nanotech Debuts Battery Electrodes
  • Oak Ridge Venture Begines Production
  • mPhase and Rutgers Join on Nano-Battery
  • Altair Nano, ABAT in Joint Development
  • mPhase Nanobattery Marketing Roadmap
  • Focused Mission for Foresight
  • Raymor to Increase Nanotube Production
  • ABAT Tests Altair LiTi Spinel
  • Fullerene Solubility Raises Concerns
  • NanoDynamics Partners With Nanocyl
  • Naval Research Lab, UMN Peg Dopants
    • Naval Research Lab, UMN Peg Dopants (Continued)
  • Missouri-Columbia Solid State Piezoelectrics
  • ABAT LiTi Spinel Order for Altair
  • Successful Altairnano Tests at ABAT
  • Nanometallic Patents for Metal-Air
• NICKEL
  • NiMH Lexus RX 400h Hybrid SUV Debuts
    • NiMH Lexus RX 400h Hybrid SUV Debuts (Continued)
  • Navy Selects Ionix Ni-Cd Monitor
  • ObjectSoft Acquires Battery Assets
  • Cobasys Completes New Headquarters
  • Electro Energy Leases Energizer Facilities
  • Bipolar NiMH Patent for Electro Energy
  • Cobasys Gets ISO/TS 16949
  • QuantumSphere Validates QSI- nano Ni/Co Alloy
  • HEV Contracts for Cobasys
  • Inco Takes Over Falconbridge
  • DOE Funds Bipolar Wafer-Cell NiMH
• NOVEL AND EXOTIC ENERGY STORAGE
  • USAF Man-Portable Gear to Use Aerotech Zinc-Air
  • Konarka Readies Photovoltaic Fabric
  • American Superconductor Revs up for Windfarms
  • $24 Million in CECOM Contracts
  • VRB Power Offers Telecomm Backups
  • VRB and Pinnacle Work Together
  • Mobile Holster Extends Play
  • Improved Thermo Cell Debuted
  • Army Evaluates Power Plastic
  • NASA Demos Arotech Zinc Air in MAV
  • Bechtel Bettis Receives Beacon Flywheel System
  • Phase I SBIR NSF Award for Novomer
  • Axion and Hybridyne to Demo Lead-Carbon
  • AEC to Host Megawatt Sodium Sulfur Cell
  • Altair Expands Nano Battery Material Team
  • Phase II EPOD Hybrid Supercapacitor
  • Ford, Boeing, NWU in Nano JV
  • Early Adopter Agreement for Active Power
  • Flow Batteries Added to NREL HOMER Software
  • What's in a (Functional) Name?
  • Global Shipments of Photovoltaic MODULES to Cross $8 billion by 2009
    • Table 1 WORLDWIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC MARKET THROUGH 2009 (MEGAWATTS, $ MILLIONS)
    • Figure 1 WORLDWIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC MARKET, 2003, 2004 AND 2009 (MEGAWATTS, $ MILLIONS)
  • Global Market for Capacitors, Flywheels and SMES Systems to Reach $12.2 Billion in 2010
    • Global Market for Capacitors, .. (Continued)
  • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET VALUE OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES: CAPACITORS, FES SYSTEMS, AND SMES SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 2 GLOBAL MARKET VALUE OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES: CAPACITORS, FES SYSTEMS, AND SMES SYSTEMS, 2005 AND 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
• TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT
  • Sony's New Nexelion Hybrid Lithium Ion Batteries
    • Increasing Capacity
    • Key Features
      • Tin-Based Amorphous Anode
      • Multi-stage Composite Cathode
      • Enhance Low-Temperature Characteristics
  • Table 3 COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL BATTERY AND NEXELION
    • Altair Nanotechnologies Outlines Battery Electrode Materials Program
      • The Battery Market
        • Lead Acid
        • Lithium Ion
        • Nickel Cadmium
        • Nickel Metal Hydride
      • China is the Winner
      • Addressing Limitations
      • Collaborations
      • Conclusion
    • Nuclear Battery Runs 10 Years
      • Capture and Convert
      • High Reliability
      • Always's On
      • Conclusion
    • Digital Ultracap Partners With ICCU
      • Enhancing Power Storage
      • Utility Storage
      • Carbon Cutback
      • Partnering
      • Conclusions
    • EcoSmart Battery Charger Reference Design Slashes Waste
      • EcoSmart Battery Charger Reference Design .. (Continued)
      • Low Waste Charger
      • Conclusion
    • The Promise of Hybrid Commercial Trucks
      • Viable Option
      • Parallel Hybrid
    • Breaking America's Dependence on Foreign Oil
      • Oil Dependence
      • Looking toward Hybrids
    • Sanyo Presents Eneloop: A Battery to Replace the Dry Cell
      • Challenging Dry Cells
      • Controlling Self Discharge
      • Environmentally Friendly
      • Rescue Workers Now Have HEV Tools
• THIN FILM
  • Proton Combinational Station Complete
  • OBJECTSOFT TO ACQUIRE TERRA SOLAR DEVELOPMENT
• ULTRACAPACITORS
  • AVX Ups BestCap Supercapacitor Voltage
  • Maxwell 15 Volt Boostcap Ultracapacitors Available
  • USABC Funds Maxwell EV Ultracapacitor
  • Maxwell Posts Loss, Announces Plans
• UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES
  • Medical Power System from Pentadyne and MCPS
  • Battery Monitoring Contract for SYS
  • Pentadyne Reports Flywheel Success
  • Gaia Snags Power System Funding
  • APC, Rockwell Debut Industrial UPS
  • BatteryCorp Offers Telecomm Battery
  • SatCon Revenue Up 27% for 2004
  • Eaton Powerware Double Conversion Online UPS
  • MGE UPS SYSTEMS INC. FORMS ALLIANCE WITH WRIGHT LINE
  • High Voltage Engineering Emerges from Chapter 11
  • Active Power Ships First CleanSource XR Evaluation Unit
  • Active Power Up 98% for FQ4
  • Flywheel Powers Pentadyne Demo
  • MGE Debuts TVSS UPS Modules
  • Phoenix Offers UPS Safety Relay
  • Pentadyne Completes Financing Round
  • Eaton Introduces Compact UPS Systems
  • Power Sentry Intros Newpoint
• VEHICLES
  • Valence U-Charge for USAF Truck
  • Ford Motor Selects PosiCharge for MHVs
  • IXYS Targets Light EV IGBT Market
  • Azure Completes Solectria Acquisition
  • Raser to Design EV Motors for DOE
  • 250 MPG with AFS Trinity Flywheel Battery
  • Toyota i-unit Personal Mobility Concept Car
  • Here Are Specifications:
  • Consortium Hikes Zinc-Energy Storage
  • Phoenix Motorcars Use Valence Saphion
  • Smaller, Lighter HEV Components
  • ComEd Will Use Hybrid Bucket Truck
  • Lexis RX 400h Gets $2000 Tax Break
  • State Farm Educates EMS on HEV Safety
  • RailPower Ships Hybrid Locomotive
  • Ford, GM, DaimlerChrysler Sign for USCAR R&D
  • New Powertrain Test Facilities for FEV
  • HEV Mall Bus Order for UQM
  • Union Pacific Buys Green Goat HELs
  • UQM to Investigate Air Force EV Chargers
  • Delphi Announces Battery Disconnect Technology
  • electro Energy Powers CalCars
  • New Lexus HEV Models Available
• LIST OF TABLES
  • Table 1 WORLDWIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC MARKET THROUGH 2009 (MEGAWATTS, $ MILLIONS)
  • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET VALUE OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES: CAPACITORS, FES SYSTEMS, AND SMES SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2010 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 3 COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL BATTERY AND NEXELION
• LIST OF FIGURES
  • Figure 1 WORLDWIDE PHOTOVOLTAIC MARKET, 2003, 2004 AND 2009 (MEGAWATTS, $ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 2 GLOBAL MARKET VALUE OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES: CAPACITORS, FES SYSTEMS, AND SMES SYSTEMS, 2005 AND 2010 ($ MILLIONS)