Green Options » SCiB http://greenoptions.com/tag/scib Posts tagged 'SCiB' Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Toshiba’s Super-Charged Battery: Nearly Full in 5 Minutes http://gas2.org/2008/10/04/toshiba-super-charged-battery-nearly-full-in-minutes/ http://gas2.org/2008/10/04/toshiba-super-charged-battery-nearly-full-in-minutes/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:06:53 +0000 Karen Pease http://gas2.org/2008/10/04/toshiba-super-charged-battery-nearly-full-in-minutes/ Toshiba's SCiBA while back, Toshiba unveiled their first foray into advanced lithium ion batteries — the Super-Charge ion Battery, or SCiB. Over the past few days, new information about their cells has emerged. With a 5-minute, 90% charge time and 5000-6000 charge cycles with minimal loss of capacity, it seems a solid competitor to AltairNano’s much vaunted nano-titanate cells.

Toshiba has already demonstrated a laptop that does just that, charging to 90% capacity in 5 minutes. This compares favorably to lithium iron phosphate technology, which should not be charged faster than 15-20 minutes. A partnership with Schwinn is to ship an electric bicycle (”Tailwind”) early next year using an SCiB pack to give a 30 minute recharge time (assumedly slower to avoid the need for a cooling system on the larger pack).

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