Dell / IBM / Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers / Sun Microsystems / Underwriters Laboratories / General Motors / Technology Review / ZENN Motor / Google / Phoenix Motorcars / Altair Nanotechnologies / Ford Motor / Maxwell Technologies / EEStor / A123Systems / Amazon.com / TRW / /
Continent
America / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Funding / /
Facility
San Antonia-based Southwest Research Institute / University of California at Davis / /
IndustryTerm
electric car / transportation sector / transportation / specific energy / energy security / store energy / utility-scale electricity storage / energy density / lithium-ion makers / transportation technologies / technology turns / power electronics / 15kilowatt-hour energy-storage system / oil / combustion-engine car / grounded metal box / energy / times less energy / electricity / energy storage / intermittent energy sources / energy-storage technology / vehicle maker / defect-free devices / direct-energy weapons / electronics / energy sector / energy systems / chemicals / energy storage system / /
Organization
University of California / San Antonia-based Southwest Research Institute / Electrical Energy Storage Unit / /
Person
Michael Dell / Jim Miller / Tyler Hamilton / Ian Clifford / Weir / Morton Topfer / Andrew Burke / Richard Weir / /
Position
vice chairman / electrical engineer / vice president of advanced transportation technologies / cofounder and chief executive / CEO / /
Monday, January 22, 2007 Battery Breakthrough? A Texas company says it can make a new ultracapacitor power system to replace the electrochemical batteries in everything from cars to laptops.