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Batteries for power tools and lawn mowers are increasingly coming to resemble the electric vehicle industry for energy storage. Three-year starter battery Amarah Corp. on Monday began selling its first product, batteries for power tools and garden tools, about a year before it intends to introduce large-format batteries for electric vehicles.
The company says the Power Tool Battery from their cell - one has just been released for PowerTools is a cell 18650, the size of an AA battery - lasts longer than other batteries in the same applications. Use batteries instead of gasoline in a conventional lawn mower 4 stroke eliminates emissions equivalent to 11 trucks driving on the road for an hour. Menlo Park, programming company based in California, and he had said he planned to send its first cells in the fourth quarter.
Amarah, formerly known as the Lion of the cells exited stealth mode in December with the ambitious goal of reaching a capacity to make 8 million cells by the end of this year. Even if it has already raised nearly $ 20 million of funding from Battery Ventures and Nth Power, the company told us in December that he is seeking more money.
Imara is also one of many battery companies seeking stimulus funding. In April, it said it was seeking between $80 million and $100 million from the government to build a factory.
Although Imara is the first product, electric tools, the company is one of the packaging companies to go after the lithium ion transport market. The spokesman said the company is preparing for large-format printer cells - vehicles, due out next year.
It is not uncommon for companies, especially start-ups in the market for electric vehicles starting with an existing industry such as power tools. A123Systems and PowerGenix adopted this approach. Because power tools, such as electric vehicles require large amounts of electricity, batteries that run them are more alike than those who drive, said mobile phones.
As Josie pointed to this article GigaOM Pro (subscription required), sales of energy storage technology in markets such as electronics, power tools and lawn mowers can be a springboard for companies in the vehicle emerging market.
