Breaking innovation in the battery world by Daniela Simkova

Toshiba Corp. plans to enter the market with new, improved rechargeable batteries in 2008. The market is highly competitive in this way, but also very promising. The company wants to introduce an excellent SCiB battery, which can be recharged within a five minutes and ready to bring your phone to life. Mr. Toshiharu Watanabe, a Toshiba vice president stated: "The excellent performance of the SCiB will assure its successful application in industrial systems and in the electronic vehicles markets as a new energy solution." The SCiB's durability is about 10 years if totally discharged and recharged once a day. There has never been something as innovative as this battery on the market and we can expect even more innovative piece of technique. All the Japan companies compete to develop a Lithium ion battery of which use could be possible in hybrid cars, electric vehicles and mobile phones. But there are some safety concerns of potential fire when using the batteries. "The possibility of the battery catching fire is extremely low and it will not explode even if it ruptures," said Mr. Watanabe. Toshiba Corp. plans to start shipping the battery in March 2008 and hopes that the SCiB will be used in battery powered advices, for instance motorcycles, construction machinery, or bicycles. Toshiba general manager, Soshi Kawatsu expressed his opinion: "We will continue to advance development in this area so that when other companies launch their own batteries we will be ahead."

by Daniela Simkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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