Longer lasting laptop batteries on the way

**Glaswegian** · 05-02-2008, 12:51 PM

Laptop users may soon get longer battery life from their machines, with ZPower set to plug in its new silver-zinc batteries, which it claims last significantly longer than traditional lithium-ion batteries.

The batteries will be available in consumer and business laptops from major PC makers starting in August, according to Ross Dueber, the CEO of ZPower, although he declined to name any of the vendors on Thursday.

Silver-zinc batteries pack more energy than lithium-ion batteries, giving laptops 40 percent more run time, according to Dueber. If a laptop runs for two hours with a lithium-ion battery, it should run for closer to three hours with a silver-zinc battery, he said.

The battery's water-based chemistry also makes it non flammable, compared to lithium-ion, which uses dimethyl carbonate, a flammable liquid. Cells can go off "like firecrackers" in lithium-ion batteries, Dueber said.

http://www.techworld.com/security/ne...S&NewsID=12153

**TheShadowFl** · 05-21-2008, 08:18 AM

Just having batteries that won't burst into flames would be nice! Ya think?

Shadow

05-02-2008, 12:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
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05-21-2008, 08:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
TheShadowFl TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Florida Posts: 290 OS: XP-SP3, Vista Ult. 64, Win-7/64	Re: Longer lasting laptop batteries on the way Just having batteries that won't burst into flames would be nice! Ya think? Shadow __________________ A person with experience is never at the mercy of a person with an argument.