This summer a new lead acid battery will arrive. Initially, the advanced battery technology will be used in Oasis truck batteries to power long haul trucks. Plans are in the works to develop batteries for hybrid and electric cars.
Lead acid batteries have been around for decades, but suffer from several shortcomings. Traditional lead acid batteries are subject to a short life span from corrosion of the positive grid and sulfation of the negative grid. Symptoms of this corrosion can be seen in that white stuff that collects on your battery connectors and cables preventing the battery from properly powering your car.
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01-Sep-2008
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Looking at the oasis grp 31 battery specs I was dissapointed in the weight. It is the same weight and size as any good grp 31 battery, about 72 lbs. Firefly says it is because they have changed only the negative plates to carbon, and full weight reduction won't happen until the positive plate are also carbon. If carbon grids are going to cut the weight by a half, then using carbon grids for the negative plates should have reduced the weight by one quarter I would think. In addition the A/H rating of the oasis battery was not all that higher than a standard lead battery. So where is the beef????
Posted by: Jim Clark
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06-Jun-2008
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Maybe all lead aicd batteries will be made this way soon.
Posted by: jim stack
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07-Jun-2008
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Jim,
I'm a big fan of the "potential" of Firefly. If nothing else, these present batteries could be the storage source for the ev to home system. I hope though its potential for placement inside electric cars is realized soon.
Posted by: Ben Brown
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07-Jun-2008
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Firefly's approach makes sense. It's elegant and promising. But the results so far have not been as hoped. And the company is having growing pains. I wouldn't count Firefly out yet. But whether they will amount to anything is, I think, still a very open question.
Cobasys and Altairnano are really on the skids. Firefly may soon join them.
Posted by: john
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