PowerGenix in the News
June 5, 2008
From Achilles to Zinc
"Long a problematic battery chemistry with an excruciatingly short-life cycle due to dendrite formation that would short out the cell, nickel zinc may finally have come into its own."
Read Full Article | From EV World
May 30, 2008
PowerGenix hopes to overtake NiMH dominance with alt-chemistry rechargeable batteries
"NiZn batteries are smaller, lighter and more powerful than competitor technologies, such as nickel-cadmium (NiCd) and nickel-metal hydride (NiMH). Because they contain no toxic materials, they are environmentally safe and easy to recycle."
Read Full Article | From VentureBeat
May 16, 2008
Coming Soon to a Hybrid Near You: NiZn Batteries
"Realizing the potential of the technology, PowerGenix planned ahead, designing its NiZn batteries to be readily produced using existing infrastructure. 'Technology design from the get go was for production on existing nickel metal-hydride and nickel-cadmium lines', says PowerGenix CEO Dan Squiller. And the move has paid off—through an overseas supplier, PowerGenix will be able to produce some 1.2 million cells each day."
Read Full Article | From Matter Network
May 15, 2008
PowerGenix Introduces NiZn Cells for HEV Market
"The basis of PowerGenix’s approach to making its NiZn battery commercially viable is a patented electrolyte formulation that reduces zinc solubility and prevents the dendrite shorting and shape changing problems. Further enhancement of cell capability is due to cathode and anode materials that are free of any heavy metal elements."
Read Full Article | From Green Car Congress
May 15, 2008
Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper Hybrid Battery Unveiled
"To demonstrate some of those advantages, PowerGenix built a NiZn battery pack that, it said, will provide a 2008 Prius hybrid with the same power as the car's conventional nickel metal-hydride pack but is 33 percent smaller and 40 per cent lighter."
Read Full Article | From Green Car Advisor
May 12, 2008
PowerGenix Stakes Out Hybrid Space
"...That means the batteries can deliver 30 percent more power in the same size, or the same amount of power in a 30 percent smaller package, as the batteries currently used in the popular Toyota Prius."
Read Full Article | From Greentech Media
May 12, 2008
PowerGenix Shows off its Battery in a Prius
"But then again, the company doesn't shy away from pointing out that, when compared with lithium ion batteries, its battery is 'less than half' of the cost, and is safer and less toxic because it uses a water-based electrolyte."
Read Full Article | From Earth2Tech
March 25, 2008
Two nickels worth of battery power
"Rechargeable nickel-zinc batteries, the complement to silver-zinc batteries we took a look at a few weeks ago, will shortly be with us. If all goes well, they'll ultimately do the job of both nickel-cadmium (NiCd) and nickel- metal-hydride (NiMH) types. But aside from the application (power tools and small vehicles), the similarities between nickel-zinc and silver-zinc are quite striking."
Read Full Article | From Power Management DesignLine
March 25, 2008
Two nickels worth of battery power — The Interview
"Manhasset, NY- Following the introduction of the silver-zinc battery as if on cue, rechargeable nickel-zinc batteries are here to challenge nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal-hydride for high power-density applications. "We're focused on nickel-zinc for its inherent safety, non-toxicity, and power-density," says Dan Squiller, CEO of PowerGenix and the company behind the new battery."
Read Full Interview | From Power Management DesignLine
March 20, 2008
Coming Soon to an Electric Device Important to You
"The breakthrough that PowerGenix offers is in the early problems of the zinc fraction growing dendrites that would short circuit the cells. PowerGenix has taken a chemical approach that reduces the solubility of the zinc into the electrolyte solution reducing the material available for dendrite growth. With patent in hand for the chemistry innovation PowerGenix has added other enhancements in the cathode and anodes which are freed of heavy metal elements. These developments offer a much increased total cycling of charges and discharges making NiZn a very attractive option for rechargeable battery applications on scales as large as heavy equipment."
Read Full Article | From New Energy and Fuel
March 18, 2008
PowerGenix Non-Toxic NiZn Batteries
"PowerGenix has been manufacturing nickel-zinc batteries for a while now. The company recently announced that its NiZn batteries passed the requirements for the EU's RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) directive, and the 2006 Battery Directive. The former imposes a ban on electronics containing more than the allowed levels of hexavalent chromium, lead, mercury, and cadmium, which are toxic heavy metals. The latter imposes stricter rules when it comes to mercury and cadmium."
Read Full Article | From GoodCleanTech
March 14, 2008
The greening of batteries
"There's a lot of people with electric cars and motorcycles trying to make these work but the stumbling block has been the battery," Saiki says. "We're just on the verge of the battery advancements that are going to revolutionize the industry."
Read Full Article | From Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
March 13, 2008
PowerGenix non-toxic batteries coming to market
"The company's batteries contain no lead, cadmium or mercury, which it said offers a cleaner environmental alternative to lead-acid and nickel-cadmium, or NiCd, batteries."