Rental-electric car batteries is a very bold idea, where the fuel age is incomprehensible.

Chevy Volt General Motors has just launched this year ibm 08k8195 , ibm 08k8196 , ibm 08k8197, the electric-powered cars start we all think this is a concept car, but GM does not seem so to read. They are prepared to extend it civil.

The use of electric drive systems, and engines – as a back-up generators, Volt can reach 640 miles of driving range. It allows the driver to work do not start the internal combustion engine, while the ability to conduct long-distance travel. Worth noting that there is no “induction charger” (GMEV1 the main part), or 220V charging stations that can do all those things. GM engineers said the Volt’s lithium-ion batteries 110V, 15A household power supply can charge 6-7 hours.

But unlike oil, the fuel tank, and there is not much cost ibm 08k8198 , ibm 08k8199, but the cost of lithium batteries, but considerable. The current cost approximately: $ 300/kW-hr, or even as high as $ 500/kW-hr, this is the biggest obstacle to the promotion Chevy Volt.

GM decided to lease the battery pack to the consumer or to eliminate the spread of the threshold electric-powered cars.

Why get rid of the battery defective?

Sony Corporation (Sony Corp.) Last year, regarding the voluntary recall of laptop batteries has created a hubbub, but a year later, after Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.) Reverted to Sony’s mistakes, this highlights the battery industry, some of the problems still exist.

Nokia Corporation (Nokia Corp.) Tuesday said that the 4,600 million Nokia mobile ibm 08k8201 , ibm 08k8214 , ibm 92p1011 phones Panasonic products used in lithium-ion batteries, some of the overheating problems were reported there. Nokia said it would under the voluntary recall program to replace these batteries. The minor number of the company to replace the battery is still unknown, but the number of potential replacement of the Sony recall last year’s event four times, thus becoming the battery industry’s largest product recall incident one.

Since August last year, Dell Inc. (Dell Inc.) Shocking to announce that Sony’s massive recall of notebook computer lithium-ion battery, the battery industry has been similar incidents in other troubled companies. Almost all of the major computer makers have announced the recall of Sony notebook computer batteries, while Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.) Also recalled notebook computer and cell phone batteries.

Frequent exposure of the battery recall problems and recurring events, on the one hand be attributed to manufacturers more and more attention on consumers begin to make a more resolute response, but also exposed the difficulty of the battery manufacture its own how high.

Rechargeable lithium-ion battery with cheap, light weight, and more than nickel-cadmium batteries, and other types of battery is more environmentally friendly, etc., thus the laptop computer and cell phone industry to be successful in the past 15 years, a major contributor ibm 08k8218 , ibm 10l2158 , ibm 10l2159.

However, large capacity lithium-ion battery production difficulties are also great, and easier to overheating, once the circuit than the alkaline batteries can cause more serious consequences. Sony’s battery caught fire last year, once the accident occurred. The Nokia Panasonic battery recall is the process of charging will overheat.

Even worse is that now more and more complex computers and mobile phones, and the pace of development than the battery technology advances, which means that the battery capacity will keep rising.

Lithium-ion battery technology, taking into account the shortcomings, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota Motor Corp.) Has been delayed its application in hybrid cars on the plan. However, industry experts said that despite the lithium-ion battery has its limitations, but in the foreseeable future is still the most practical battery technology.

In order to maintain its market share, Sony this week announced that it would spend ¥ 11,500,000,000 (equivalent to 9,760 million U.S. dollars) building a cell phone battery factory in Singapore, and will employ more advanced technology to produce lithium-ion polymer batteries. The plant ibm 12j2464 , ibm asm 10l2158 , ibm asm 10l2159 to be put into production in August next year, an initial monthly capacity of one million batteries by 2010 will rise to 8 million.

Japan’s Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba Corp.) Other vendors are developing fuel cells, alternative energy technologies. This battery will get rid of the shackles of chemical energy, but still long way from commercialization.

As the world’s one of the four lithium-ion battery manufacturers, Matsushita said the battery recall problem in the manufacturing process due to the battery positive and negative electrodes used for barrier in order to prevent short circuits were damaged parts. Of these batteries overheating caused by Nokia mobile phones are only 100 cases of complaints, and no person has serious injuries. But Nokia said that in order just in case, will replace Matsushita from December 2005 to November 2006 in Osaka, the main factories for producing all of the same types of battery.

Panasonic is expected to recall most of the cost will be borne, it was estimated that this cost at 200 billion yen. Matsushita Electric’s shares in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Tokyo Stock Exchange) closed at 2,015 yen per share, down nearly 5%.

Fuzhou Environmental Protection Bureau survey battery incident

Fuzhou Gushan Town, a black collection stations will be tens of thousands of ibm asm 12j2464 , ibm asm 12j2464gr , ibm asm 12p4064 used batteries stacked one after the open, causing strong public reaction, it was reported that there were still many used batteries Fuzhou hoarding field. Yesterday, the reporters hoarding many problems caused by batteries, visited Fuzhou Environmental Protection Agency.

Staff of the environmental protection department, said newspaper reports have caused city leaders attach great importance to environmental protection bureau, told this newspaper reflected the situation, city Environmental Protection Bureau in the investigation. But the battery pollution as a new source of pollution, EPA possesses less information on the battery deal with issues that do not have a perfect solution. At present, the EPA is to determine battery electrolyte solution components and batteries stacked non-compliance matters, and soon will develop a practical program, with related departments to take action.

This reporter learned that, for the treatment of waste electronic products, as early as 2003, the National Development and Reform Commission began to openly seek the “home appliances and electronic products Waste Recycling Regulations” (draft). The report that the Ordinance is expected this year to enforce.

Under the Ordinance, appliance dealers and service agencies are committed to recycling waste household appliances and electronic products, if the commission does not accept or reject the consumer product companies sell to the state of waste home appliances, as well as recycling of used appliances do not deal with cross-processing enterprises, the maximum punishable by 10 million in fines. The introduction of these provisions means that e-waste recycling industry is soon to leave ibm asm 12p4065 , ibm fru 92p1121 , ibm asm 92p1128 disordered state.

Sony batteries among the worst products top of the charts in 2006

In addition to people’s attention the “best / worst” leaders of the selection, “Business Week” also named its “2006 Best / worst product.” This year because of overheating or fire incidents court disaster on a global recall of nearly 10 million Sony lithium-ion battery, a matter of course “crowned” the worst product rankings, while the Nintendo Wii console and Dell XPS-M2010 laptop named the best product, etc. list.

In addition, mobile phones and services are expensive, but does not give users specific content of the ESPN Mobile and many NBA players are against the use of the Spalding NBA basketball have been rated as the worst product.

Moreover, since they hired a private detective in the investigation of board ibm asm 92p1130 , ibm asm 92p1170 leaks course of the incident, the bogus survey obtained telephone records of Hewlett-Packard, in the “telephone gate” incident came to light, the Hewlett-Packard large sums of money not only to compensate the company’s reputation has also been of no small impact. “Telephone Door” event has thus become one of this year’s worst ideas.

Expert: Li-ion batteries are still the most secure short-term will not be replaced by

According to foreign media reports, Nokia announced this week that despite the recall of 46 million mobile phone batteries overheating, but industry experts pointed out recently, lithium-ion battery is presently still the best and safest choice.

Nokia announced this week two, because of overheating risks, the worldwide recall ibm fru 02k7016 , ibm fru 02k7018 of 46 million cell phone batteries. According to analysts expect the cost of the recall is expected to reach 500 million euros.

Although the number of 46 million is not small, but less than Nokia’s sales in the past 12 months, 1 / 2. Experts, industry has also recognized that there is indeed a perfect lithium-ion battery room. But now on the right lithium-ion battery warning too early.

London-based Ovum’s wireless business director Martin Garner said: “From an engineering perspective, this is not a big problem. After all, the battery in question is still a minority.”

As a lithium-ion battery replacement products, many companies are developing fuel cells. However, so far, portable fuel cell has not yet reached commercial standards.

Analyst Geoff Blaber that in the next 12-18 months, this situation will not change much. Even to achieve commercial standards, it should be spread to cell phones, it would take some time.

In addition, the fuel cell is not 100% safe.

Panasonic lithium batteries for mobile phones for the Japanese electrical product safety red light ibm fru 92p1121 , ibm fru 92p1167 , ibm fru 92p1169

Nokia announced on the 14th for free replacement of a large-scale production by the Matsushita Electric mobile phone lithium batteries, the electrical product quality and safety issues once again become Japan’s government departments, industry organizations and consumer focus of attention.

Nokia 14, said that because of their use of mobile phones in Japan Panasonic lithium battery charging will produce the phenomenon of abnormal heat, the company will replace free of charge worldwide about 46 million Matsushita batteries.

Japan’s Kyodo News reports that Nokia as early as last December because of the battery on the company issued a circular to the Panasonic, but Panasonic 8 months after the published notice. For Matsushita, “It takes time to understand the reasons for the battery fever” explanation, the Japanese media and consumers obviously are not satisfied. Kyodo News agency reported that Matsushita Battery incident shows that there is a need to re-examination asked enterprise security management responsibility.

As a preventive measure, the Japanese by the middle provinces 15, said ibm fru 02k6619 , ibm fru 02k6644 that in order to prevent similar incidents continue to occur, the Government will develop national safety standards for lithium batteries are designed to strengthen the relevant enterprises in the design and production stages of the safety obligations. Is expected that specific implementation of standards will be set out this fall, and the promulgation of the implementation of this fiscal year.

At present, Japan has also decided to join hands with trade associations to re-develop the industry standard for ibm fru 02k7072 , ibm ib240l battery safety and in the year in the sale of all battery safety checks fail to industry safety standards would be to stop selling battery.

Freezing to death is not clear as characteristics, mainly performance freeze, screen images can be seen, but can not operate as if time stopped, the Thinkpad T40 battery hard disk light does not flash, other lights lit normal, press the power button can only be forced to restart, restart without self-test. Take it to service station hardware, the operation shows all normal. This may not be Thinkpad X60 battery probelm, but Core 2 series processor problems. Thinkpad currently address these issues, and Intel have been carried out corresponding measures. Of course, this does not solve the fundamental problem of freezing to death, but has been greatly eased, and so will be to minimize the probability of occurrence.

Solve this problem in five steps:

Step one: Upgrade BIOS, Lenovo officials online have the latest BIOS version 2.19

Download link, http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-63024,
Of course, also mentioned the need to upgrade, and strongly recommended, which the BIOS upgrade in the history of Thinkpad X60S battery is also relatively rare. BIOS upgrade would not say, and in accordance with the step by step readme on the list, no less dangerous, but should pay attention to the battery and AC must be used to prevent power outages, upgrade other programs to close, remember to turn off antivirus software and firewall.

The second step, Intel dual-core patch upgrade, download links
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256/zh-cn, even after the patch upgrade some manual operation, see the details, http://publish.it168.com/2007/0425/20070425015807. shtml.

The third step is to upgrade Intel micro-code of your thinkpad T60 battery, download link
http://www.microsoft.com/downloa … 0 & displaylang = zh-cn, the most simple, you can click Run.

The fourth step, upgrading your Thinkpad T61 battery graphics card driver, download links
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62841

The fifth step, upgrade the Thinkpad battery power management process, the download link
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-4GXPEG
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-61583

That’s all.

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