Comments on: Honda’s Low-Cost Hybrid Strategy: Lithium Ion Batteries

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By: tapra1

tapra1 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:19:11 +0000

strategy on making hybrids nearly as affordable as gas-powered cars—is swiftly moving to put lithium batteries in the Civic Hybrid and its other hybrids.Tech Blog

By: Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:32:02 +0000

Lithium batteries last a lot longer than traditional ones. I use them in several devices and resume to use them for many things, especially in my laptop when searching for jobs.

By: Tenant Background Check

Tenant Background Check — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:44:19 +0000

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By: Lithium Explodes

Lithium Explodes — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:10:05 +0000

For all those celebrating the demise of nickel and the explosion of lithium onto the scene, keep in mind the other type of explosion that lithium is responsible for: laptop batteries and airplanes.

http://www.alpa.org/portals/alpa/pressroom/pressreleases/2009/nr09.065attachment.pdf

Remember when sony, apple, dell and lenovo had to recall all those lithium battery packs for overheating and exploding?

Remember when the UPS cargo plane carrying lithium batteries had to make an emergency landing in philadelphia due to fire?

People think. Lithium uses flammable liquid in its cells. What happens when a lithium powered car gets into an accident?

By: Expert Test

Expert Test — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:11:56 +0000

Lithium-ion batteries are common in consumer electronics. They are one of the most popular types of rechargeable battery for portable electronics, with one of the best energy-to-weight ratios, no memory effect, and a slow loss of charge when not in use. I think an expert test may help

By: Komeksimas

Komeksimas — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:24:14 +0000

Can’t wait to use this car.

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übersetzung deutsch englisch — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:22:37 +0000

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By: calvin

calvin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:16:50 +0000

@Not Enough Lithium Reserves on Earth:

But that's not how things work. First off, Lithium cannot be compared to oil since Lithium is not a power source. It is a manufacturing material. It also takes hundreds of millions of years for new fossil fuels to form. Lithium, OTOH, can be recycled and reused with a turnaround period of weeks.

Secondly, resource production keeps pace with consumption. That's why Nickel production increased 10-fold in 50 years. If we see Li-Ion battery usage increase, then naturally Lithium production will increase. And the amount of recoverable Lithium known to be available right now is enough for over 4 billion electric vehicles using current technology. That is well over 4x the number of vehicles on the road today (estimated between 600 and 800 million).

Not only that, but technology adoption is gradual, not instantaneous. It will take at least half a century for even half of the world's vehicles to switch to Li-Ion batteries. In that time we'll probably see further advances in battery technology to make use of resources more efficiently with more compact batteries. And as is currently the case, there will likely continue to be a range of different battery types in use, not just Li-Ion. Unlike current cars which require fossil fuels to run, batteries are easily substitutable and an electric vehicle made today can easily switch to new battery types that may exist in the future.

Lastly, there is relatively little actual Lithium in Li-Ion batteries. Lithium salts are used as the electrolyte in Li-Ion batteries, which range from 13-18% of the battery's mass. The actual amount of Lithium metal in that is considerably less. The largest and most costly component in Li-Ion batteries are the cathodes. And that is what automakers are concerned with, not the Lithium component. Even the U.S. Department of Energy expects long-term Lithium supplies to be adequate for use in electric vehicles. So I'm skeptical about these alarmist claims that the world's Lithium is going to run out.