Toshiba Corp (6502.) has developed a quick-charging lithium-ion battery for electric-powered vehicles that has the highest power output for a battery of its kind, according to a Reuters report that cites the Japanese financial daily Nikkei.
The report said Toshiba has quadrupled the output density of its Super Charge ion Battery, or SCiB, to 3,900 watts and that Toshiba has begun shipping the battery to major U.S. and Japanese automakers for trials.
Toshiba currently makes 150,000 SCiBs a month but plans to start
building a plant this fall that would make about 2 million batteries a
month with expansion capacity to 10 million by
about 2015.
The report said the battery can be charged in as little as 90 seconds, and can be recharged more than 10,000 times.
