The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued to Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) a fourth patent for critical lithium-ion battery (LIB) safety technology that eliminates the root cause of thermal runaway.  Today’s LIBs are safe, but also potentially unsafe if damaged, abused or if they contain a manufacturing defect.  These four issued US patents cover technology that changes potentially unsafe LIBs into inherently safe ones. Soteria’s FRAND licensing business model ensures the entire industry will have access to these battery materials which can provide inherent safety in cell phones, drones, electric cars and energy storage systems.  Today, the Soteria …

Commit, the leading Israeli-based global tech and custom software solutions company, today announced its expansion into North America with the launch of Commit USA. The new business unit is led by Max Nirenberg, serving as Chief Revenue Officer and Managing Director, and is headquartered in New York City. Nirenberg will lead and optimize Commit’s growing international organization, oversee strategic planning for the global account management teams and ensure the company’s innovative and unparalleled delivery capabilities meet the US market needs. “The pace of tech innovation has never been more intense, with more startups launching, and failing, than ever before. A …

Electriq Power (“Electriq”), a developer of intelligent and integrated home energy storage, management, and monitoring solutions, today announced that Parlier Home Solar selected the company to provide full programmatic development and financing for the City of Parlier, California’s new Home Solar and Energy Efficiency Program. Electriq’s industry-leading energy storage solution, the PowerPod 2, will be the exclusive intelligent home battery used by the program. Through the program’s City Council-approved Power Purchase Agreement, virtually all of Parlier’s more than 4,000 homeowners, regardless of means, will have access to a solar power system equipped with an Electriq PowerPod storage system, thus helping …

By Randal Beattie, SAKOR Technologies Inc. Over the past decade, most transportation markets, from automotive, to military, aircraft, and even space systems have seen a tremendous surge of interest in hybrid and electric vehicle technology. To gain the promised efficiency benefits and green profile of these vehicles, it is important to conduct driveline and component testing during design and manufacturing that is specially adapted to the particular nature of hybrid and electric vehicles. Hybrid and electric drivetrains have several features that make testing them very different from the standard testing conducted on internal combustion (IC) only systems. Hybrid and electric systems use …

Falcon Electric, Inc., a leading manufacturer of award-winning, online Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), introduces its lightweight SL LiFePO4 UPS family with lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries that feature three to four times longer runtimes over lead-acid-based UPSs. Falcon’s 1 to 3kVA SL UPS features lithium iron phosphate batteries that provide maximum reliability and service life. Unlike other lithium-ion battery types, Falcon’s LiFePO4 batteries are safe as the lithium iron phosphate cathode material is a very stable chemistry that is not subject to thermal runaway, making them virtually incombustible even in high-temperature environments. The SL LiFePO4 batteries also feature a 10-year …