The Secondary Battery Show in Japan: Review Part 1 - Battery

2011/05/02

Summary
Li-ion battery / Next-Generation battery

Summary

This Report introduces remarkable new products and technologies concerning a Li-ion battery/next-generation battery and a nickel hydrogen battery to be used in green vehicles （hybrid vehicle, plug-in hybrid vehicle, electric vehicle, and fuel-cell vehicles） by 14 companies at the 2nd Battery Japan 2011 （held at Tokyo Big Site from March 2 to 4, 2011).

Battery type	Company	Product/Technology

Li-ion battery / Next-Generation battery	Hitachi Vehicle Energy	Li-ion battery for HEVs （to be supplied to GM’s eAssist hybrid vehicle）.
	Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery	Li-ion battery for construction machinery.
	IHI / A123Systems （USA）	Li-ion battery module （to be supplied to Karma PHEV）.
	Power Supply Design / Showa Aircraft Industry	- Lithium-ion iron phosphate battery and BMS （Battery Management System）. - Noncontact quick charge system.
	GS Yuasa / Lithium Energy Japan	- Li-ion battery “LEV50”. - Lithium vanadium phosphate battery.
	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Li-ion battery "MLiX".
	Daiwa Can/ Pues	- Production of Li-ion battery pack by commissioning. - BMS.
	Seiki / Advanced Electronics Energy （China）	Lithium polymer battery for electric motorcycles.
	Edison Power / Kokam （Korea)	Li-ion battery for industrial use / smart grids.
	GS Caltex （Korea）	All-solid-state thin-film secondary battery.
	Zhuhai Yintong Energy （YTE）（China）	- Lithium-ion iron phosphate battery. - Lithium-ion titanate battery （acquired technology through the acquisition of US-based Altairnano）.
	FDK	Li-ion capacitor for HEVs “EneCapten”.
Nickel-Metal Hydrogen battery	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	- Large-capacity nickel hydrogen battery “Giga Cell”. - Next-generation street car “LRV”.
Nickel-Metal Hydrogen battery	Sebang Global Battery （Korea）	Nickel hydrogen battery for EVs “GMH”.