Toshiba SCiBTM BATTERY 90% charge in less than 5 min. w/ 10 year/6000 cycle life

[kristopher]

TOSHIBA ESTABLISHES NORTH AMERICAN SALES & SUPPORT FOR SCiBTM BATTERY

Toshiba International Corporation, January 27, 2010 –

Toshiba proudly announces that it has established US-based sales and technical support for its new product, the Super Charge Ion Battery, SCiBTM. This nano-based breakthrough lithium technology is noted for its rapid charging capability of 90% charge in less than 5 minutes, long life of more than 10 years even at rapid charge rates, and excellent safety performance. The SCiBTM product line will be supported out of the Toshiba International Corporation headquarters in Houston, Texas and the SCiBTM team will focus on business development activities, battery pack design, prototyping, assembly, technical support, and service.


The SCiBTM battery technology offers numerous performance advantages that make it an ideal solution for many of today’s toughest energy storage challenges.

• Inherently Safe - Advanced Lithium Chemistry Based on Nano-Technology Prevents Thermal
Runaway Even Under Extreme Physical Duress
• Fast Charge Rates - Capable of Full Recharge in < 10 Minutes, 90% in < 5 Minutes
• Superior life - Minimal Capacity Loss, Even After 6,000 Rapid Charge-Discharge Cycles
• Greater Usable Capacity - Up to 85% Usable Capacity Without Compromising Cycle Life
• High Output Performance – Equivalent Discharge Rates to those of Ultra-Capacitors
• Superb Low-Temperature Performance – Excels at Temperatures as Low as -30°C
• Proven Production - Produced on a State-of-the-Art Automated Production Line

SCiBTM cells comprising the battery packs will be supplied from Toshiba’s state-of-the-art automated production line in the Saku Factory located in Nagano, Japan. Initial market development activities in the US will focus on automotive HEV/PHEV/EV, industrial lift trucks, smart grid/grid storage, medical equipment, wind and solar power, scooters, and UPS market segments.

Toshiba currently has two battery pack offerings commercially available, a 12 V, 4.2 Ah pack and a 24 V, 4.2 Ah pack. Both offerings are based on Toshiba’s 2.4 V, 4.2 Ah cells and include Toshiba’s proprietary battery management system, which ensures optimum performance and safety. Additional packs are under development...

You can download pdf for more details at http://www.toshiba.com/ind/

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[tinrobot]

2. Not bad, not bad at all...

You always have to take fast charge with a grain of salt - you need a LOT of power to make that happen. Delivering that level of power to a home or charging station is a problem that still needs solving.

Setting that aside, the other specs are very impressive. The 85% discharge will increase range/kg and 6000 cycles is about 3 times what other chemistries offer. The batteries could last longer than the vehicle.

I hope they're not too expensive.

[kristopher]

3. Yeah, I was wondering about the price myself.

You might be interested to know that this battery first came to my attention as when they announced it as a proven benchtop technology. That was in 2005. So it has taken them under 5 years to go from proof of concept to full scale distribution.

[tinrobot]

5. Usually the technology is ALWAYS five years away...

Nice to know they actually developed it in a reasonable time frame.

[joshcryer]

4. Holy fu...

...ck.

[IDemo]

6. The 90% charge time is only 1.5 minutes for the (H)EV packs

According to Toshiba's Keizoh Honda. "Because SCiBTM can take in great amount of electricity in a short time, it can also take in a great deal of recovered energy generated in deceleration of a vehicle." That sounds almost like ultra-cap regenerative braking performance with no caps required.

The combination of performance, safety, and long life makes these look like a genuine game changer.

[Dogmudgeon]

7. Been out in limited release for a year or two

http://www.schwinnbike.com/usa/eng/Products/Electric/All/Details/1509-s10_tail-Tailwind">Tailwind electric bicycle.

Pricey, at $2000-$3000, but they're selling.

Toshiba appears to be slow to release these as OEM products. I'm not sure why; perhaps it is for lack of market demand, and they may (still) be extremely expensive. But they're here, and in use.

--d!