Rechargeable batteries

Among the products are lithium-ion batteries, car exhausts and oil for car engines

Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure "white gold" in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile.

TAB, the Mežica-based maker of lead-acid batteries and one of Slovenia's largest exporters, is planning to launch lithium-ion batteries production in Prevalje, in the north of the country, in February.

The production, involving 40 employees, will be located in a new production hall which TAB has purchased from pharmaceutical company Lek.

“We’re starting to approach this new frontier of battery research that could do so much more than li-ion batteries can”

 Battery become an important component in smartphones. However, not infrequently there are cases of smartphone batteries exploding or burning.

According to one gadget observer and youtuber, in general, the batteries used in today's smartphones use lithium ion (Li-ion) materials.

Several companies have built lithium-ion batteries that can fully charge in a matter of minutes. Their next goal: getting these into electric vehicles

The advantages of this approach are the scalability and that it offers longer-term energy storage than traditional batteries

Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Oct. 9 for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society.

Bulgarian car battery maker Monbat [BUL:5MB] said on Friday that its board has approved the acquisition of a 66.66% stake in Italian engineering company Science Technology & Consulting (STC) for an undisclosed price, reports SeeNews,

By Yiannis Elafros

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