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By: Battery Startup Imara Shuts Down After Funding Troubles

Battery Startup Imara Shuts Down After Funding Troubles — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:57:36 +0000

[...] About a year ago, Maguire told me that its Series B financing (closed in January of this year) would see Imara through the ramping-up of its production capacity. But with a goal of reaching an annual production capacity of at least 8 million cells by the end of 2009, Maguire said the company planned to seek another $20 million or more during the first half of this year. [...]

By: Power Tool Batteries, the Gateway to Electric Vehicle Energy Storage

Power Tool Batteries, the Gateway to Electric Vehicle Energy Storage — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:01:43 +0000

[...] The company claims that battery packs made from its cells — the one just launched for powertools is an 18650 cell, about the size of a AA battery — last longer than other batteries for the same applications. Using the batteries instead of gasoline in a typical 4-stroke lawnmower eliminates the emissions equivalent to 11 SUVs driving on the highway for an hour. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company is on schedule, given it had previously said it had planned to ship its first cells by the fourth quarter. [...]

By: 13 Battery Startups Hitting the Road With Lithium-ion

13 Battery Startups Hitting the Road With Lithium-ion — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:02:27 +0000

[...] Battery Ventures and Nth Power) and licenses its technology from SRI International. The company told us late last year that it aimed to use the funds to ramp up annual production capacity to at least 8 million cells by the end of 2009, with electrode [...]

By: Why Volkswagen Wants BYD in Its Battery Mix

Why Volkswagen Wants BYD in Its Battery Mix — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:01:01 +0000

[...] and Associates, BYD has a few things that U.S.-based battery startups like A123Systems, Sakti3, Imara and ActaCell simply can’t offer at this point: a major presence in China and significant [...]