December 28 News, Matsushita (Panasonic) today announced that it has developed a more powerful lithium-ion battery, the laptop battery life than the current version of increase of 20% to 30%, and a wide range of applications, from laptops to electric cars are applicable.
This new lithium-ion battery will allow electric vehicle charging a single life from 200 kilometers (120 miles) to about 270 kilometers (170 miles).
As the world’s major automakers are developing electric cars and charging vehicles, and thus promote the rate of lithium-ion battery research and development. Lithium-ion batteries 8M815 , 8N544 , 9H348 are not only used laptop computers or other machines, the demand for electric cars is also expected to gradually grow.
Matsushita and Toyota (Toyota Motor Corp.) Owns a joint venture company, solely on the supply batteries for Toyota’s hybrid cars, including the Prius and charge cars. However, Matsushita said the company is working with about 10 depots to discuss matters relating to the supply This new battery.
Matsushita has also been held by lithium-ion battery maker Sanyo Electric (Sanyo Electric Co.) Most of the control. Sanyo Electric Co. supplies batteries KD186 , MM165 , WW116 to the German Volkswagen.
The rise of environmental awareness, governments actively to combat global warming, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thus creating career opportunities for Panasonic lithium-ion batteries. Japan Hatoyama government promised in 2020 would allow greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 25%.
Lithium-ion batteries to overheat as has always been a big problem, Matsushita said for this point, the company has developed a more secure technologies, we can avoid battery overheating problems arise.
This new model will be one of the battery in March 2012 in the fiscal year ending in volume production, while another model will be in the March 2013 fiscal year ending mass production.
On the same day, Panasonic has also announced that it has developed a more powerful and more durable fuel cell system ─ a more future forms of energy.
Matsushita hopes to fuel cells and lithium-ion battery combined with each other to generate and store electricity in the outdoors. According to the company, said two kinds of battery technology will be combined in March 2012 fiscal year ending in testing.
