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Rechargeable lithium battery cell maker China BAK Battery Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to sell shares and warrants that will result in gross proceeds of $20.6 million.
Nissan Motor Co. said it will set up a joint venture with a Japanese trading house for recycling of electric car batteries.
A preliminary hearing has been set for boxing trainer Roger Mayweather.
Industry officials may be quick to talk up the newest in electric transportation. They’ll also admit it’s not going to be easy abandoning the time-tested internal combustion engine.
The federal government’s Cash for Clunkers program ended in late August. If you’re still driving an older car around town, what should you do now? 10 Tips columnist Laura T. Coffey offers advice to help you keep your vehicle — and b
Voice-based, turn-by-turn GPS navigation on the iPhone won't steer you wrong. But, no matter how good the program and the phone — even the iPhone — it's still a phone and not a GPS device.
General Motors Co. chief Fritz Henderson says a new $43 million plant in Michigan will assemble battery packs for the company's upcoming rechargeable electric car, as the automaker continues relying on suppliers for key elements of the batteries.
After a century of vain attempts, the race towards "electrification" is back on, and it's heating up among automakers large and small.
Saying “T-Mobile G1” isn’t too bad, but “T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google” is a mouthful. Once you get past the name, the phone itself is an impressive follow-up to the first Android phone that was released last fall. The “myTouch 3G” is due out Aug. 5, and after initial testing of the phone, I find it’s a winning alternative to the iPhone, BlackBerry and the Palm Pre for those aren’t enamored with those choices.
General Motors Corp. will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a facility south of Detroit, creating about 100 jobs, two people briefed on the plans said Friday.
As the car crept up to them, the students didn’t react. It wasn’t until it was about to run them over that they even knew it was there. And that was only because it hit their white canes.
Chrysler LLC said Monday that a Massachusetts-based company will supply the batteries for the automaker's first-generation electric cars scheduled to go on sale next year.
Apple’s MacBook Air and latest 17-inch MacBook Pro laptop have non-removable batteries. Asus, maker of the popular Eee netbook computers, plans to follow suit with its 1008HA model, due out mid-year in the United States.
LAS VEGAS - The International Consumer Electronics Show last January was bristling with optimism, as manufacturers and software firms showed off major advancements in media systems, miniaturization and wireless connectivity.
Inspections are being ramped up at a California nuclear plant where a battery that powered safety systems didn't work for four years.
Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday.
A man and a woman found a new use for a barbecue pit — one that landed them in jail. An argument over whether a third guest should stay in the house got so heated that the woman picked up the barbecue pit and hit the man over the head with it, police said.
Is Samsung’s Instinct, a phone carried by Sprint, the “iPhone killer” it has been billed to be by both companies?
Watch out Energizer Bunny. Robot Evolta kept climbing and climbing — up a rope dangling from a Grand Canyon cliff for nearly seven hours on a pair of AA batteries that Japan's Panasonic is billing as the world's longest lasting.
Japan's Panasonic is introducing a double-A household battery that will keep gadgets running 20 percent longer than rivals do, so long that Guinness World Records has dubbed it the world's longest-lasting alkaline battery.
Toshiba plans to make a quick-charging new battery for forklifts, construction machinery and other industrial use.
Philips Electronics is introducing a mobile phone with a built-in compartment for an ordinary AAA battery to power the device when the main battery runs low.
A Sony-made battery in a Fujitsu laptop overheated and gave off sparks, injuring the user, as a Fujitsu worker was visiting to retrieve the laptop as part of the company's recall of Sony batteries, a Fujitsu spokesman said Friday.
The number of laptop batteries Sony is recalling will total 9.6 million worldwide, the company said Thursday, shedding more light on the scope of a problem that has rattled confidence in the company's image.
Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp., the latest in a series of problems for the company.
DOJ arrested 34 undocumented immigrants - majority of the immigrants arrested in the operation had criminal historiesThe Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Wednesday it arrested 34 undocumented immigrants throughout the state last week as a part of a two-week operation.
Secretive Startup ultracapacitor company EEStor Worth More Than $1.5 Billion"EEStor, the ultracapacitor company that has produced more obscure technology milestone announcements than evidence of a working energy storage unit, may have an implied market value of more than $1.5 billion."
Greening Your Battery Usage The nice folks over at Earth911.com have published a list of helpful tips for using batteries in a more environmentally friendly way.
High-Energy Batteries Coming to MarketA Swiss company says it has developed rechargeable zinc-air batteries that can store three times the energy of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much.
Teen Beats Mother With Walking Stick For Entering RoomJUPITER, Fla. -- An 18-year-old Jupiter man is accused of beating his mother with a walking stick.
redox flow batteries allow "refill" for your EV"German researchers say a new type of electric vehicle battery that runs on electrolyte fluid can be recharged as easily as refilling a petrol tank.
Smaller And More Efficient Nuclear Battery CreatedScienceDaily (Oct. 9, 2009) — Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves.
30 Republicans Vote Against Amendment Protecting Female Contractors From RapeArticle has now been moved to this location.Minnesota Senator Al Franken--over the objection of fully 30 Republicans--authored and passed legislation Wednesday restricting military contractors from bidding "if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, ba …
Cops: Wisconsin mom strips to avoid arrestSHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Police say a Wisconsin woman stripped in front of her children in an attempt to avoid arrest for shoplifting, then scuffled with officers and exposed herself through a squad car window.
Tortillas at center of argument, battery at Denny'sA Denny's customer was charged with battery and trespassing Saturday after not receiving his tortillas.
Fort Pierce woman throws table leg through window, chokes boyfriend when he won't buy her more Natural Ice beer, police sayNatty Ice...ewwww. FORT PIERCE — A woman accused of throwing a table leg through the window of her home after her boyfriend refused to buy more beer faces a felony charge, according to a recently released arrest affidavit.
Man fed teen vodka shots then groped himA Taylor Road resident faces child abuse, battery and having an open house party charges after sheriff's deputies said he got a 17-year-old drunk and groped him.
Home invaders attack man in wheelchair with machete A man using a wheelchair and his teenage stepson were attacked and cut overnight by home invaders using a machete, Daytona Beach police said today.
Toyota Remains With Nickel After Lithium Prius Test Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of hybrid autos, is sticking with nickel as the preferred battery material for most of the vehicles after three years of secretly testing Prius hatchbacks with lithium-ion packs.
Man accused of stepping on child's head, also abused motherDeLand man jailed for stepping on a child's head to wake her for school also was accused of abusing the girl's mother, court records show.
Update: Tally of charges against deputy accused of sex abuse rises to 27 A Broward sheriff's deputy who was arrested on charges he stalked and sexually assaulted men appeared in Broward bond court Tuesday morning to face additional charges.
Mechanic guilty of assaulting women in auto service bay - He abused five women after luring them into a service bayHe abused five women after luring them into a service bay under the pretense of showing them where repairs were needed on their cars
Apple says it's not to blame for 'exploding' iPhonesApple's iPhone may be the darling of the mobile-phone industry right now, but some users in France aren't singing its praises, claiming that the device explodes or cracks without warning. (Credit: Apple)
microbial fuel cell transforms bacteria into batteries"It's not often that bacteria make water more drinkable, but a new microbial desalination cell does precisely that. The proof-of-principle system removed 90 per cent of the salt from a seawater-like solution."
Recent murders put spotlight on domestic violence Early Monday morning Clearwater police officials said Charles Moore smashed his car into an innocent driver. Just minutes earlier he was accused of battering a loved one. He then took off in his car and threatened to kill himself.
New battery material could boost efficiency of electric cars by a factor of tenElectric cars have one major problem: Especially in the case of long drives, owners have to make too many stops to charge the battery.
Fight led to discovery of drugs, pipe bomb A call about a domestic disturbance led to the discovery of drugs and a suspected pipe bomb, police said.
The Key to the Battery-Powered HouseWithout a way to store their power, no number of solar panels will free a home from the electrical grid. Researchers at Utah-based Ceramatec have developed a new battery that can be scaled up to store 20 kilowatt-hours—enough to power an average home for most of a day.
Volt will Get 230 Miles Per Gallon in City Says GMGeneral Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius. More Articles
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