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David Herron    April 20, 2012 - 9:59AM

IBM announces Battery500 materials partners ..

I expect there is going to be another partner announcement related to the project, and I expect I may want to do a followup to this one anyway. The lead guy on this project, Dr. WIlcke, spoke at a local meeting last weekend and broadly implied there was going to be a wide-ranging announcement today or on Monday. I'd like to call dibs if there is an announcement over the next couple days, if I may.

Nicolas Zart    April 20, 2012 - 11:18AM

In reply to by David Herron

I was on the phone with him Wednesday. Partnering with two lithium companies in Japan and already achieved 500 in lab tests. Working on tweaks, especially with the air filter. If you're not going to do that story today by any chance, would you let me do it? I was on the phone with the team for a while and got the background scoop.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ibm-achieves-500-miles-goal-with-lithium-air

Thanks, Nicolas

Nicolas Zart    April 20, 2012 - 11:19AM

It is related to the IBM news, I'll make sure it doesn't repeat anything David says, but I'll focus on the psychological importance of 500 miles and how IBM's huge and diversified team is back on track and doing the right things.

Aaron Turpen    April 20, 2012 - 3:09PM

In reply to by Don Bain

What? :) In my town, a lot of people get around on golf carts. Bet Cars.com didn't bother factoring that in. I'm sure they didn't bother factoring in what type of work people do either. lol Pickup trucks actually hauling stuff are pretty common here.

Lemme guess... the greenest is Los Angeles, where for 6+ hours of the day, you can sit in traffic, hardly moving, burning fuel as you smog up the air? Gimme a break. :)

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