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Monday, March 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Charging Ahead: Battery Market to Hit $51B by 2013

Electric car makers and clean energy developers can’t take all the credit for a battery boom, but they have earned a nod from analysts for their potential to boost an industry already on the rise. According to new research from SBI Reports, the market for rechargeable batteries could grow to $51 billion by 2013, up from $36 billion in 2008, driven largely by demand for portable electronics and power tools — and helped along by expanded hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle production and large-scale renewable energy projects.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 01:58 PM

never mind a solution, let's keep thinking up concepts!

While GM is promising a workable battery for 2011 (or is it 2012??) and everyone else is struggling to get pluggin hybrids with enough range to be useful, ultracapacitor tech companies like AFS Trinity are still trying to persuade auto-companies to look at their solution.

It's available now, with off-the-shelf technology, but they all want miraculous batteries, eventually....

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