- EC Warns Of Lithium Danger, Calls For Alternative Battery Technologies - October 11, 2018 | BATTERY POWER BRIEF | The European Commission report Towards the Battery of the Future says innovation in battery technology is imperative, and while hailing lithium as today’s battery of choice, delivers stark warnings about the chemistry. It is particularly scathing about the issue of the end-of-life for lithium batteries.
- AI Tool Automatically Reveals How To Write Apps That Drain Less Battery - October 10, 2018 | BATTERY POWER BRIEF | Researchers have created a new tool, called “DiffProf,” that uses artificial intelligence to automatically decide for the developer if a feature should be improved to drain less battery and how to make that improvement.
- Phoenix Contact UPS Gives Real-Time Battery Health Feedback - October 10, 2018 | BATTERY POWER PRODUCT | Phoenix Contact’s new QUINT DC UPS is the first industrial UPS platform to provide real-time information about a battery’s health over standard industrial networking protocols, such as EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, EtherCAT, and USB. With this data, the user knows the state of the UPS system before there is more..
- SungEel Unveils Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Plant - October 1, 2018 | BATTERY POWER BRIEF | SungEel announced the location of its first plant for the North American lithium-ion battery (LIB), e-waste recycling, energy and metals markets.
- Omnicharge Launches Crowdsourced Power Bank - September 28, 2018 | BATTERY POWER PRODUCTS | Omnicharge has launched its newest offering via Indiegogo, the Omni Ultimate: a portable power bank that is powerful enough to charge virtually any device. Following its successful 2016 crowdfunding campaign, raising over $3.6 million and shipping products to over 25,000 backers, Omnicharge is back with the most more..
- Riello UPS Introduces the Sentinel RT Single Phase UPS For Critical Applications - September 27, 2018 | BATTERY POWER PRODUCT | Riello UPS announced the Sentinel RT UPS line this month, a new family of single-phase UPS with true online, double conversion technology for maximum power protection and power quality with a clean sine wave output. Rated for 115/120/127 VAC, these 60-Hz models feature capacities of 1KVA, 1.5KVA, more..
- iPhone XS, XS Max Reveals Some Battery Surprises - September 21, 2018 | BATTERY POWER BRIEF | A teardown of Apple's new iPhone XS reveals a battery that's smaller than in last year's iPhone X.
- Eaton Launches Small-Footprint UPS With User-Replaceable Battery Modules - September 19, 2018 | BATTERY POWER BRIEF | Eaton announces the North American launch of its 9PXM uninterruptible power system (UPS), a scalable, modular backup power solution for a wide range of data center, industrial and commercial applications.
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- The World of Alkaline Batteries
- Second Edition of IEC 62133: The Standard for Secondary Cells and Batteries Containing Alkaline or Other Non-Acid Electrolytes is in its Final Review Cycle
- Safety and Preventing Thermal Run Away in Large Li-Ion Batteries
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly How Safe are Lithium-Ion Batteries?
- The Challenges of Manufacturing Lithium-Ion Batteries for the Electric Vehicle Industry
- What You Must Do Before Shipping Batteries to India
- Battery Management With an Intelligent Battery Sensor is Vital to the Success of Future Automotive Designs
- EC Warns Of Lithium Danger, Calls For Alternative Battery Technologies
- A Quick Guide to UPS System Battery Maintenance and Monitoring
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The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global battery market for consumer products market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the new sales of batteries for consumer goods (smartphones, laptop, power banks, tablets, smart wearables) market and do not include the aftermarket.
