Two More Companies Join IBM's Battery 500 Project: IBM today announced that two industry leaders -- Asahi Kasei

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evworld.com 21 Apr '12, 2pm

Two More Companies Join IBM's Battery 500 Project: IBM today announced that two industry leaders -- Asahi Kasei

SAN JOSE, Calif. IBM today announced that two industry leaders -- Asahi Kasei and Central Glass -- will join its Battery 500 Project team and collaborate on far-reaching research with the potential to accelerate the switch from gasoline to electricity as the primary power source for vehicles. In 2009, IBM Research pioneered a sustainable mobility project to develop lithium-air battery technology capable of powering a family-sized electric car for approximately 500 miles (800 km) on a single charge. As partners in the Battery 500 Project, Asahi Kasei and Central Glass bring decades of materials innovation for the automotive industry to the team. They will expand the project's scope and, although the scientific and engineering challenges to its practical implementation are extremely high, exploring several chemistries simultaneously increases the chance of success. Asahi Kas...

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