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Sandia’s Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory Awarded $4.2 Million in Stimulus Funds
Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab), with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Sandia’s BATLab is internationally recognized in the field of battery testing to ensure they meet real-world performance requirements. The tests help to determine how much abuse lithium ion batteries can safely handle including being crushed, pounded with nails and heated to boiling hot temperatures. Sandia tests everything from regular small cells about the size of a laptop computer battery up to full-sized modules and packs weighing several hundred pounds for hybrid vehicles.

The $4.2 million in funding is part of a $104.7 million economic stimulus package to further develop the nation’s efforts in clean energy and efficient technologies across seven DOE national laboratories.

The $104.7 million ARRA funding is concentrated on three priorities: advancing carbon fiber manufacturing and processing technologies to help reduce the weight of vehicles; developing integrated building systems to reduce US carbon emissions and expanding facilities for fabricating and testing advanced battery prototypes for fuel-efficient vehicles.

Battery Power 2009 Conference Proceedings Available

If you were unable to attend Battery Power 2009, you can still stay up-to-date on the latest capabilities, design issues and trends in batteries and battery-powered products and systems.

For only $290 you can purchase the entire conference proceedings on CD-ROM which includes:

• PDF's of the slides to more than 30 presentations; including audio and video of select sessions
• Product and services information from the 27 exhibiting companies
• Attendee Information ( Name / Title / Company / City / State )

It’s the next best thing to being at the Conference!

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