Warren Buffett popularized the notion of investing in "cigarette butt" stocks. That is, extracting one last "puff" of value out of discarded stocks trading below liquidation value. Well, get ready to put a new spin on the term. Based on ...
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A couple years ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an offhand remark that he thought capacitors — rather than batteries — might be the energy storage tech to deliver an important breakthrough for electric transportation. Tesla ...
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THE Goodwood Festival of Speed is rapidly becoming Britain’s de facto national motor show. Its backdrop, Goodwood House, is home to the Dukes of Richmond, the first of whom acquired his title by the clever expedient of being an ...
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Showa Denko Packaging, a subsidiary of Japan-based Showa Denko, has expanded the production of aluminum-laminated films at its Hikone plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The aluminum laminated films are used for packaging lithium ion ...
As tracked by market research company IDTechEx and further explained in the recently updated report “Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors: SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a ...
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One of the fundamental challenges of battery technology is that lithium-ion batteries — by far the best general option for energy storage currently in wide commercial use — are intrinsically bulky and heavy. A new research ...
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Bosch eBike Systems is setting up a regional business unit in Suzhou, China with technical and commercial experts to help Asia's bicycle manufacturers prepare for growing global demand for ped-elec bikes, which the company began promoting ...
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US-based engineering simulation software developer ANSYS in association with the General Motors (GM), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim is working to design better, safer and longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for ...
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Ford Motor and Samsung SDI, an affiliate of Samsung Group, have announced research on different levels of hybrid technology that can could be produced in high volume, and used in non-hybrid vehicles to achieve greater fuel savings. ...
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Say goodbye to your phone battery and charger. A new structural material could transform a mobile device’s entire case into a hybrid super-capacitor/battery, making traditional batteries obsolete. Researchers from Vanderbilt ...
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Bosch Set to Launch Drill and Hammer Drill Drivers Mount Prospect, IL (April 10, 2014) – Bosch Power Tools next month will introduce the DDH181X 18V heavy duty drill driver and the HDH181X 18V hammer drill driver, both designed for ...
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Simpsonville-based Kemet Corp. said today a subsidiary will sell its machinery division to Manz AG for 8.1 million euros, or about $11.1 million. The division, which employs 83 people and is based in Italy, manufactures machines for the ...
American automaker General Motors (GM) is set to invest $449m to upgrade its manufacturing processes at Detroit-Hamtramck assembly and Brownstown battery assembly plants. This move is aimed at the company's next generation of electric ...
BASF, the world's leading chemical company, and TODA KOGYO CORP., one of the industry leaders in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, have announced that they will enter exclusive negotiations to ...
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German automaker BMW Group and Japanese automaker Toyota have partnered for the development of a new hybrid sports car. The new model will different than the replacement for the Z4 and for the Supra. Both firms will use German technology ...
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