Have you noticed that your Laptops' battery is losing more and more juice each month? Of course it is, it most probably has a Lithium Ion battery, which are known to slowly lose their capacity over time.

Okay, so we know we'd be sunk without our laptops and cell phones. But what about the car? Cars have batteries too. Perhaps you ride a Harley Davidson lithium stocks copyright not without a motorcycle battery! It's interesting to think where we'd be if the afore-mentioned "zapping episode" took place. We know that our forefathers coped without batteries but could we?

Mileage of the new hybrid Nissan Fuga is estimated at 19 km/liter under Japanese test-driving conditions, which is about double the comparable gas-engine vehicle. Mileage for the U.S. is still unclear, according to sources in Nissan.

Nissan's Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga while interacting with the press said that sales will likely be bigger than 200 in the U.S., where the Infiniti is already popular. He declined to give any lithium ion batterty stocks number or reveal the price tag.

The Nissan cobalt ontario copyright hybrids power is stored in a lithium-ion battery. It is similar to what you will find in electronic gadgets such as laptops. Nissan has collaborated with Japanese electronic giant NEC Corp. for battery development.

Japanese automaker, Mitsubishi, on the other hand, confirmed that its i-MieV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) electric car will be presented to US market before 2012. A single charge of its lithium-ion batteries will take i-MieV up to 100 miles. Mitsubishi plans to produce 20,000 i-MieVs a year if its partner GS Yuasa can keep up with the demand for lithium-ion electric car batteries. There is no official word on how much Mitsubishi's electric car will cost but it is expected to be around $30,000. Little pricey, huh?

Besides helping me discover what cordless drill to buy as a gift, my cordless driver comparison helped me to better understand my tool. I now know how and why to use the clutch settings and am now taking the time to set it correctly.