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This Currie Technologies rack mount battery can power an electric bike from 15-22 miles, depending on rider weight. Can be used as a spare or replacement battery. Application: Battery, Compatible With: E-Zip models, Compatible With Item Number (s): 131417, 131418, Battery: Sealed lead acid, Miles per Charge: 15 – 22, Dimensions L x W x H (in.): 3 x 7 x 15 Works with Item#s 131417, 131418 and all E-Zip models Can be added to current E-Zip bike to double the bikes range

Electrotherm in talks to acquire US-based Firefly

Gujarat’s electric two-wheeler maker Electrotherm India Ltd(EIL) is looking to acquire Illinois based lead acid battery manufacturer Firefly Energy. The US-based company has already filed for bankruptcy in March. EIL owns the popular electric scooter brand ‘Yobykes’.

“Yes, negotiations are in a very advanced stage with Firefly. It makes electric batteries, and is a suitable acquisition target for us as there are significant synergies. The company has already filed for bankruptcy in the US,” confirmed a highly placed source in the company. However, he refused to divulge details on the probable deal size, but Electrotherm could be purchasing Firefly’s assets.

Firefly has a loan of over $6 million with PNC Bank. Peoria City and County are the guarantors for the loan who are now moving forward with an agreement to allow Electrotherm to buy Firefly’s assets including its patents for batteries. Sources in Electrotherm said that they are cautiously optimistic that a deal would work out whereby EIL would be able to acquire Firefly’s assets.

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New Battery for Cheap Electric Vehicles

A new startup company will attempt to solve the biggest roadblock facing electric vehicles today--the cost of their batteries.

The new company, called 24M, has been spun out of the advanced battery company A123 Systems. It will develop a novel type of battery based on research conducted by Yet-Ming Chiang, a professor of materials science at MIT and founder of A123 Systems. He says the battery design has the potential to cut those costs by 85 percent.
The battery pack alone in many electric cars can cost well over $10,000. Cutting this figure could make electric vehicles competitive with gasoline-fueled cars.
The new company has raised $10 million in venture-capital funding, and about $6 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), which will fund collaboration between the company and MIT and Rutgers University. A123 Systems will work closely with the new company, and owns stock in it. The name stands for "24 molar," referring to material concentration levels that Chiang cryptically calls "technically significant" to the company.

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Advanced Battery Technologies Enters US Electric Vehicles Market

NEW YORK, Jun 8, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc.(ABAT 3.14, -0.01, -0.32%), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries as well as a manufacturer of electric vehicles, today announced that it received an order to sell electric vehicles valued at approximately $1.1 million to US-based All-Power America. The first batch of electric motorcycles was shipped to All-Power America on June 6, 2010. This is the first entry into the US market for ABAT's electric vehicles since the Company acquired ownership of Wuxi ZQ in May 2009.


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