Electrovaya
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Electrovaya Inc. (TSX: EFL)(OTCQB: EFLVF) is a developer and manufacturer of portable batteries for the automotive, power grid, medical and mobile device sectors. The company is based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Overview
Electrovaya designs and manufactures Lithium Ion batteries for the clean transportation, smart grid, consumer and healthcare markets.
The company claims to have over 150 patents (issued and pending) [citation needed] pertaining to its SuperPolymer 2.0 battery technology and various system architectures. Electrovaya technology has been used by NASA and in the Scribbler tablet computer and sold them under license.
It is a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol EFL. The founders of the company, Dr. Sankar Das Gupta and Dr. Jim Jacobs, began their research into battery technologies in 1983. The company went public in 2000.
It purchased Daimler's battery factory in Europe in 2015.[1]
Electric vehicles
In January 2008, Electrovaya launched the prototype Maya-300, a low-speed electric car for city driving.[2] Actual sales figures of this model are yet to be seen.
NASA
The company has done past work for NASA.[3]
Tata
In the past, Electrovaya has partnered with Tata Motors and Miljø Grenland/Innovasjon to manufacture batteries and electric cars using Electrovaya’s Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery technology.[4] The Tata Indica EV was scheduled to be launched in Norway in 2009 and India in 2010. It was purported that Electrovaya’s batteries could deliver 120 of range.[citation needed]
Car-sharing
The first all-electric car-sharing program in the U.S. debuted at Baltimore's Inner Harbor with Electrovaya offering its Maya-300 for rent at the Maryland Science Center. The car could go up to 120 miles (190 km) on one charge of its lithium-ion battery system.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Tiny Battery Company Electrovaya Is Taking on Tesla, Panasonic". Bloomberg.com. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Electrovaya Launches Maya-300 Low-Speed Electric Vehicle; Using ExxonMobil Separator in Batteries". Green Car Congress.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Electrovaya Partners with Tata Motors and Miljø to Launch Electric Car and Battery Production in Norway". Green Car Congress.
- ^ [1][dead link]
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