Growth energizes lithium ion interest
The prospects for big growth in the US for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) has sparked the interest of potential domestic suppliers. {open_quotes}The money that can be made in this market is staggering,{close_quotes} says one industry expert. {open_quotes}Everybody who is remotely related to this industry is interested.{close_quotes} The size of the market, still in its infancy, is difficult to gauge, say consultants, who estimate that leading Japanese producers are each making millions of lithium ion cells/month. {open_quotes}The market is not too measurable right now because the only production is really limited to prototypes being sampled,{close_quotes} says Ward Seitz, a consultant with SRI International (Menlo Park, CA), {open_quotes}but there is phenomenal interest.{close_quotes}
- OSTI ID:
- 535318
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week, Vol. 158, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: 20 Mar 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Nuclear power failure signals end of an era
Making industrial energy efficiency mainstream and profitable: Where public benefit and private interests intersect