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SK Innovation Aims to Develop Powerful EV Battery by 2020

SK Innovation Aims to Develop Powerful EV Battery by 2020

SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s SK Innovation said Sunday it aims to develop a powerful electric car battery that would enable vehicles to travel 500 kilometers on a single charge by 2020. The energy and chemical business arm of SK Group said it will cope with current business trouble in China through [...]

Samsung SDI to Supply Batteries for New VW e-Golf: Source

Samsung SDI to Supply Batteries for New VW e-Golf: Source

SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. will supply its electric-vehicle batteries to Volkswagen’s new 2017 e-Golf, an industry source said Wednesday. “The new e-Golf equipped with a Samsung battery will go on sale in global markets this spring,” the source told Yonhap News Agency. Samsung SDI and LG Chem Ltd. [...]

S. Korean Firm Shuts Down Battery Plant in China: Source

S. Korean Firm Shuts Down Battery Plant in China: Source

SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. halted operation of its battery packing plant in China in January as its business suffered in the face of Beijing’s move to stop a subsidy to electric vehicle makers that use parts from non-Chinese manufacturers, sources said Wednesday. Orders for the joint venture between [...]

LG Expresses Strong Confidence in Safety of G6 Battery

LG Expresses Strong Confidence in Safety of G6 Battery

SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its test lab to the public for the first time to reassure customers of the safety of its flagship smartphone G6 and its battery, industry watchers said Sunday. The company last week took the press on a tour of its smartphone [...]

Scientists Develop Battery that Self-Charges Inside Human Body

Scientists Develop Battery that Self-Charges Inside Human Body

SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean researchers have developed an implantable electronic medical device (IEMD) that is capable of providing energy storage using natural ions as electrolytes in a supercapacitator – simply put, an IEMD with a battery that self-charges on body fluids.  Led by professors Roh Kwang-chul of the Korea Institute of [...]

Government Tightens Battery Inspection Regulations Following Galaxy Note 7 Probe

Government Tightens Battery Inspection Regulations Following Galaxy Note 7 Probe

SEJONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Announcing the results of an investigation into the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco Monday – which backed Samsung’s ruling that the problem phones had faulty batteries – the government also introduced plans to improve safety measures to prevent similar catastrophes from recurring.  To begin with, lithium-ion batteries will be subject [...]

Korea Uses Seawater for Battery Development

Korea Uses Seawater for Battery Development

ULSAN, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean scientists are taking a new step forward in the research and development of seawater batteries.  According to UNIST, the school is investing 5 billion won ($4.33 million) in partnership with the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and the Korea East-West Power Corporation (EWP) over the next [...]

Samsung, LG Laptops Compete with Battery Performance

Samsung, LG Laptops Compete with Battery Performance

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – “Thinner” and “lighter” have long been the mantra for laptop manufacturers. The focus is now shifting to battery power in Korea, with two of the country’s largest laptop makers – Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics – highlighting the battery capacity of their latest computers.  Samsung added last month a [...]