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Does your laptop seem more like Clark Kent than Superman? Whether your notebook is a few years old or brand-new, hardware upgrades and software tweaks can add functions or enhance its capabilities. Here are 15 tricks to give your laptop superpowers.

Control Your Laptop With a Nod and a Wave

When was the last time you used your laptop’s Webcam? Instead of letting the camera languish, try any of several software tools that can turn it into an input device. Though some of these apps are intended for people with physical impairments, anyone can use them to boost a laptop’s controls  Inspiron 1721 battery , Inspiron 1520 battery .

For instance, the Windows tool Camspace is pitched at gamers, but you can configure it for any application. It identifies objects in the Webcam’s video feed and uses your movements to control the mouse and keyboard. Eyetwig, a Windows and Mac OS X utility, translates head movements into mouse control, letting you point and click without touching anything.

Enable Mouse Gestures to Speed Up Input

On certain laptops, multitouch gestures instantly activate commands. You can use motions with any touchpad or mouse, however–just install StrokeIt to script specific mouse movements to activate commands. For example, you could hold the right mouse button and make a “Z” shape to go back a page in Firefox. Take that, multitouch!

Recover a Lost Laptop or Destroy Its Data

Protect your laptop. Your hardware is valuable, and your data can be priceless. What if you could summon a lost or stolen laptop back to you? You can, with recovery software that tracks your missing laptop’s location when it’s online; typically such apps also give you the option to destroy your notebook’s data remotely.

LoJack for Laptops handles these tasks with its service for PCs and Macs. Some computers can load its tools into the BIOS, too, so if the thieves reformat your disk, the laptop can still send out its call for help.

Stream Music and Video From the Cloud

Don’t bother trying to merge your desktop media files with those of your laptop. Instead, sync or stream the files online. MP3tunes focuses on this ability. Like many music services, MP3tunes can sync your original files to its servers and then stream them to your laptop through a Web browser or another application. You can even access your media on a Logitech Squeezebox music player, a TiVo, Inspiron 1525 battery and other stand-alone devices.

Share Your Mobile Internet Service

Wireless, USB data-modem service can get you online anywhere, but what if you want to connect a second laptop? Windows’ own Internet Connection Sharing utility can create a small, private network that broadcasts your Internet service over Wi-Fi. (If you don’t have a data-modem and you want to tether a mobile phone to your laptop instead, check out PdaNet for providing Internet access to your laptop.)

Though Windows’ ICS tool works, it can be a chore to configure. You can’t use it to share a Wi-Fi network with other devices, either–if, say, you paid for hotel Wi-Fi service for your laptop and you want to connect an iPad too, you’re out of luck. Try Connectify for simpler setup, as well as the ability to share an incoming Wi-Fi connection over a new Wi-Fi network.

Extend Your Disk Space With Online File Servers

How big is your hard drive? 500GB? 1TB? Make it infinite with online storage. The best tools mount on your desktop just as any local or network drive does. You have many choices, and you might already be paying for one option; check with your ISP or Web host to see if you can access storage space as part of your service.

If you want to add more room with no practical limits, try Jungle Disk. You pay only for what you use, instead of selecting and keeping a set size.

Open a Folder-Based Portal to Another PC

Dropbox syncs your files across different systems, but one of its exceptional functions helps to connect people. Suppose you shoot some great pictures while your family is on vacation. If you have your laptop on the trip too, you can send those image files through a shared Dropbox folder to a parent or friend anywhere. Latitude D830 battery Simply copy new images into the folder on your machine, and the pictures magically appear within that folder on the other person’s PC or Mac.

Update Drivers and Software for More Features and Performance

Software and driver updates can add new features to your system and boost its performance. At the very least, you should keep Windows updated. (To check whether your laptop is already set for that, click Start and type Windows Update to reach the Windows Update Control Panel.)

Beyond that, a tool such as PC Updater can track down all of the files you need. This utility retrieves both driver and application updates directly from the manufacturers, so you can be sure that your laptop will run with the fullest range of abilities.

Bump Up Performance With Fast RAM

RAM provides the foundation for your laptop to juggle multiple windows and applications. Since it’s possible to add more RAM than is useful–and since pursuing the very best performance eats into your laptop’s battery life–using faster, low-latency RAM can eke out better results than just throwing in the absolute maximum amount. Performance gains can be minimal, and this upgrade is mostly for the fanatical anyway; you might get a few more frames per second in games or other high-end tasks.

Most RAM resellers let you shop based on your laptop’s make; but if you’re unsure, a utility such as Crucial’s RAM scanner can identify what you need. With that information, buy compatible RAM with the lowest latency (CL) as possible. The rating references the time the memory takes to output requested data, often measured in clock cycles. A lower number means a shorter time.

Swap Out the Hard Disk for a Solid-State Drive

Solid-state drives trump standard hard disks in many ways. For one thing, they’re lighter. Since they have no moving parts–they store data in flash memory–they’re faster and more reliable. And an SSD merely sips from your laptop’s battery because it lacks those motors. You’ll pay more for these features, and you’ll likely end up with a smaller disk after the SSD transplant, but these drives beat spinning platters in nearly every way.

Upgrade Your Traditional Hard Disk to One With More Space

Many laptops ship with a small, sad hard drive. A 60GB drive is insulting, and even a 120GB drive can be cramped for anyone who wants to store lots of music and video. Break through those barriers by swapping in a massive replacement. A 2.5-inch, 500GB SATA laptop drive costs about $80, leaving ample room for files and for the OS’s virtual memory. You could even split the drive into multiple partitions for organization, or for an alternative OS.

Check your laptop’s manual or consult its manufacturer to learn more about the upgrade process. In most instances you’ll be able to open a door on the back of the laptop or remove the keyboard to swap in the new hard drive. In addition, be sure to pick up a SATA USB transfer cable, such as one from NewerTech, Inspiron E1505 battery  to move your old data to the new drive.

Upgrade Your Processors to Speed Up Everything

A new CPU or graphics processor could add some oomph to an aging notebook. As a result of such an upgrade, your laptop could be faster than a new PC–but be aware that this procedure comes with caveats as big as the potential performance gain.

Installing either part can be difficult, usually requiring a full teardown of your notebook. And even if your laptop supports an upgrade, getting the right parts can be hard. But if you’re adventuresome, check out our pictorial guides to wringing more life out of your laptop by replacing the CPU or upgrading the graphics card.

Add a Missing Interface

If you carry a Swiss army knife or a similar multi-tool device, you probably don’t take advantage of every file, knife, and toothpick on a daily basis; instead, you carry that arsenal for the unexpected moment when you might need one of those tools. Your laptop’s selection of ports is a similar concept: A wide range of connections is the centerpiece of a versatile, leading-edge system. To your notebook, you can add any missing connection, such as gigabit ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1, eSATA, 802.11n Wi-Fi, or USB 3.0.

Your best bet for doing so is to use an ExpressCard slot, since it’ll be fast enough to make the most of the upgrade. For some upgrades, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you might be able to swap an internal module into the laptop; contact your PC’s manufacturer to see if that works for your model. For upgrades that run at slower speeds, including Bluetooth, you could instead plug an external adapter into a USB port. Belkin, Linksys, and other companies make various connection options.

Connect to an External Display

Need to attach your laptop or netbook to an external display? What about multiple displays? If you don’t have a built-in port, or if you want to attach more screens, use a USB adapter. NewerTech makes one that’s a good option because of its high-resolution support. Since the adapter connects over USB 2.0, the performance is capped (don’t expect to run 3D applications or games). But for nearly any day-to-day task, the alchemy works well, giving you an additional display–or up to six displays, if you keep adding more adapters.

Get More Battery Life

Care for a laptop’s battery, and it can last for several years. But if you want to upgrade for longer life, or if yours just isn’t holding enough charge, a third-party battery can give you more juice.

Wherever you purchase the battery, be sure to buy a new one. Since batteries RN873 , GW240 deteriorate over time and through use, an old or refurbished battery won’t work as well. Shop at a site such as Laptops for Less or Level 8 Technology. Find a battery that’s compatible with your notebook, and compare its ratings with those of the original; look for a higher mAh (milliampere-hour) or Wh (watt-hour) rating than the original for extended life.

No. 1 domestic exports of 17 fuel cell city buses in Suzhou start, went to Singapore and Nanyang Technological University’s “Green Olympic Village”, the service first Youth Olympic Games IOC.

    The export of Haig hydrogen fuel cell city bus from Suzhou Golden Dragon Bus Co., Ltd. and Tsinghua University, the Center for Automotive Engineering of new energy development, integrated technical level in a leading position in the international arena. Different from ordinary passenger cars, the car no petrol engine, powered by hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen instead of gasoline. Vehicle maximum speed of 80 km is water vapor as exhaust, Pavilion dm3 battery ， Pavilion dv3 battery to achieve zero pollution emissions. Previously, fuel cell city bus has been completed in Beijing more than 30,000 km of the model run.

Away Changxing County, Huzhou in Zhejiang Province in the streets, the roadside covered with a variety of battery billboards, dazzling. Locals told the author that is well-known battery Changxing county of production, a few years ago there are more than 200 enterprises, large and small batteries, but now only 60 remaining, of which the size of it, but several. Days to the battery cell group is the largest local company, is China’s largest battery manufacturer, this private enterprise set up in 1986, was June 11, 2007 were successfully listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Ebb Tide, 200 Battery Changxing why only dozens of businesses survive? Only days to do so a few amount to anything?

Like most small and medium enterprises and Zhejiang, Changxing many battery companies are simple artisan factory, low-price competition in the market to go route. Earlier, the battery industry as well as their living space. In recent years, BYD, power of God, BAK and a number of large cell groups quickly send forces to occupy the market. Battery industry is labor-intensive industries, pay attention to scale, while technical updates soon, new technologies, Inspiron 1210 , Inspiron Mini 12  new products are extremely competitive. Small and medium enterprises, the battery is no longer an advantage in cost, on the other hand the lack of new products, new technologies do support will naturally be ruthlessly eliminated.

Days to be able to survive the brutal competition for many reasons, there are channels, the network’s edge, with the advantages of capital, there are geographical advantages, but in accordance with the day to Battery Group Chairman Chang days term, the key is doing a good job of the innovation in new products and made efforts on technology development.

In recent years, days can power through the Combination, the establishment of a provincial technical centers and post-doctoral research station to develop a national key new product 4, the State Torch Program Products 3, 59 provincial level new product, a patent-33 . This enterprise is very wise to seize the opportunities for development of new energy vehicles, to achieve a strategic transformation, and actively enter the field of electric vehicle batteries, and have to finish.

At present, the days can be equipped with battery electric cars is the Shanghai World Expo venue demonstration run. Shanghai World Expo, the days of electric vehicles can be used in batteries, is the day to the Group post-doctoral workstation newly developed rare earth silica gel batteries, light weight, large capacity, long cycle life; consistency, reliability and stability. Develop RE in the silica gel battery at the same time, days to the Group and Harbin Institute of Technology, actively carry out research and development super-acid batteries. In addition, the days to the Group is also actively expanding nickel-metal hydride, lithium batteries and other fields. Equipped with independent research and development days to groups of lithium iron phosphate power battery electric vehicle, to recharge a Inspiron E1405 battery, can run 200 km, cycle life up to 1500 times.

For any business, industry, the development is the foundation of life and a source of innovation. Days to the rise of flash in the pan with a large number of cells in the Changxing contrast enterprises, that is, whether or not the return on corporate innovation.

On the bottleneck of the development of electric vehicles, we will think of the battery. I often business people from some cars hear the case: the battery and other key components of the electric car back legs dragging. However, the light is no use complaining, we need a solution. Battery giant multinational has a variety of ways to penetrate the Chinese market, domestic battery enterprises to survive, the Chinese electric car industry to revive, to improve independent innovation, out of competitive products and technologies. We need a strong sense of innovation and R & D capabilities of the battery business. In this regard the Government should pay more to encourage and guide the battery companies, OEMs, you should give them opportunities to conduct joint development.

Leading lithium electrolyte: Huarong Chemical Company subsidiary (accounting for 78.895 percent) of 2,500 tons of production capacity lithium DELL battery electrolyte, is the leading electrolyte, 40% domestic market share, product demand, and was named the national key new products; January 2010 Huarong company 3,000 tons / year of project implementation lithium-ion battery electrolytes trial production. Guotai Huarong Chemical Co., Ltd. is a lithium battery materials, organic silicon material for the development of key high-tech enterprise of National Torch Plan. The company “SHINESTAR” brand lithium-ion battery electrolytes and “HUARONG” brand silane coupling agent in the same industry at home and abroad enjoy a high reputation. Products exported to Japan, the United States, Europe, Australia, Taiwan and other countries, and international companies Nei industry established a strategic partnership relationship, is the world’s lithium-ion battery electrolyte Sanda suppliers and major domestic silane coupling agent manufacturer.

Concerned about the four types of shares after a small holiday

Next week the stock market downturn of 6.9 assume a fact-finding hot plate eight World Cup squads and putting shareholders Raiders daily limit of 19 shares 6 shares or break an outbreak of Inquiry of shares: Investment securities to invest in the main line or Outperform (with shares) [Micro-Bo ] up the first day after the holiday should not be a problem [stock it] 4 trading days will change the current shaking intraday investment securities that Jiangsu Guotai (002,091, stock it) to do fine and stronger import and export trade, lithium electrolyte leading enterprises the future is vast. Forecast company earnings per share 0.74,0.92,1.15 2010-2012 yuan. Consider the concept of premium new energy that needs to look future valuations improve production conditions and the electrolyte up to lithium hexafluorophosphate production situation. Great Wall Securities believes that the company business contribution to the profit share of new materials will be more and more, is expected to reach 0.27 yuan in 2010, the company is expected to become a core business area of lithium battery materials, it is worth focusing on, to maintain “strong recommendation” investment rating.

National has released a new energy vehicles subsidies, five pilot cities will be private purchase, registration and use of plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars and passenger cars to provide subsidies. For this policy will be the impact of related industries, we conducted an analysis for investors:

We believe that the motor and the control system companies benefit most. The development of new energy vehicles, the core objective of electrification, electrification of progressive line is: the traditional hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, RN873 , Inspiron 1525 battery pure electric vehicles. No matter what type of new energy vehicles, require the introduction of motor and control system equipment. It is therefore recommended investors to focus on investment opportunities in motor industry chain, the focus of listed companies with the motor and control system (ocean motor, the dawn of shares), motor NdFeB (Zhong Ke San Huan, Hengdian DMEGC ).

The same time, as the cathode material lithium iron phosphate lithium battery industry chain will focus on benefit. Within the overall policy, the Government’s main support for the direction of the plug-in hybrid vehicles and pure electric vehicles, the main benefit to the industry chain as lithium iron phosphate as cathode material for lithium battery industry chain, to benefit the areas of vehicle-related businesses, charging equipment company, focused on listed companies including: lithium battery management system (Desai battery), lithium battery (universal money tide), lithium battery cathode materials (Foshan Lighting), lithium battery anode material (China Baoan), lithium battery electrolyte (Jiangsu Guotai, Shanshangufen) and so on.

Furthermore, Ni-MH battery industry chain will benefit projects that benefit the energy-saving products. Energy-saving cars of the standard engine displacement in the 1.6L and under, integrated operating condition of fuel consumption lower than the current standard of 20% of the gasoline, diesel passenger cars. Taking into account petrol, diesel vehicles more difficult to achieve this goal, we believe that hybrid technology is the future of automotive technology as a mainstream technology, hybrid technology, enterprise development for plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicle technology to lay a good foundation. Therefore, we expect the traditional hybrid vehicle technology and its industrialization will be less affected by the policy, we recommend that appropriate attention to the torch high, Keli far, Baotou Steel Rare Earth and other business opportunities.

There is no doubt that energy conservation policies and the introduction of new energy vehicles will promote the development of new energy vehicles, energy car enterprises in the new investment in downstream industries is expected to increase. We believe that the introduction of the policy will promote the vehicle companies to increase investment in new energy vehicles, Inspiron 1520 battery will benefit the company long-term competitiveness upgrading, we recommend the following several vehicle business concern: passenger cars (Shanghai Automobile, Chang’an Auto) , Bus (Foton Motor, Ankai, the communication bus).

Yesterday, the first international development of transparent thin film solar cells and Investment Summit held in the city. Participating experts and scholars around the transparent thin film solar cell development prospects, application market, investment opportunities and capital operation and other issues, in-depth discussions and exchange. Zhou Tienong, vice chairman of NPC Standing Committee, sent a congratulatory message, party secretary Zhang Lei speech, Vice Mayor Lu Peimin over. From the United States, Italy, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions, more than 150 guests.

Zhou Tienong in his message on the first transparent film solar cells International Development and Investment Summit held in Taizhou, congratulations. He said that in recent years, Taizhou municipal government to seriously implement the scientific concept of development, emancipate the mind, to adjust their thinking, do solid work, to forge ahead, the city’s economy and social undertakings made considerable progress. The summit’s host, Latitude D830 battery will accelerate the new energy and low carbon industry of Taizhou development, and comprehensively promote economic restructuring and upgrading.

Lei municipal government representatives and foreign guests attending the summit welcomed. He said that in the future, Taizhou will develop two new strategic industry, a new energy industries, plans to reach 100 billion within 5 years the scale; the other is the bio-pharmaceutical industries are gathering at the China Medical City has more than 300 biological pharmaceutical companies. We will carefully listen to the experts, entrepreneurs, insights, learn from the advanced experience of innovative development ideas, and strive to early to build a 100 000 000 000 Taizhou New Energy and Industrial Base.

Currently, the city of new energy industries concentrated in the Sheng Optical Group, the pair of Ten Group and Chunlan Group and other companies to develop solar, wind power equipment, energy-saving products manufacturing industry, the products include silicon rods, silicon ingots, crystal silicon wafers, solar photovoltaic power generation systems, automotive power nickel-hydrogen batteries, lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicle, amorphous silicon, microcrystalline silicon thin film solar cells, wind and solar systems, wind power parts, ground source heat pump, nuclear power gear boxes. Among them, the Sheng Group has become a global leader in photovoltaic solar power plant integrated solutions provider, the business more than 50 countries around the world and form the Jifa Dian, storage, transmission in one of the new energy industry chain.

It is understood that, compared with silicon solar cells, thin film solar cells can use glass, plastic, ceramic, graphite and metal pieces of different materials such as a substrate to produce low cost, little pollution. In addition to surface application of thin film solar cells, the non-planar structure can be produced, combined with the building into a building or part of body, is widely used.

The summit by the Taizhou city government and China Photovoltaic Energy Technology (Holdings) Company, Yoshitomi energy equipment (HK) Stock Company, Shen Nong solar technology development company co-sponsored by other units, Hailing government contractors.

The cost of policy error correction, will become a climate of nickel hydrogen battery industry chain pay. July 2009, lithium has been labeled a “marginized” Ni-MH battery manufacturer of Metal Mesh. Affected by this, the market commercial sales of hybrid cars use nickel-metal hydride batteries most of all. However, four ministries jointly issued recently a policy perspective, the new subsidy policy has shifted to support the lithium battery technology.

In the field of automotive battery, nickel hydrogen and lithium-ion battery technology a long-standing dispute. Different batteries have different motors, electronic control, rechargeable power storage, power, and the production line to do, batteries, determines the orientation of the whole structure of the new energy automotive industry chain, indeed affect the whole body.

In China, a new energy vehicles are still in the embryonic stage, not the market of new industries. In this context, whatever choice of battery technology, the Government’s policy guidelines is essential. But when it comes to this aspect of policy seems to open up a big joke, despite the correction has already begun, but the climate has become the nickel hydrogen battery industry chain will pay a huge amount of error correction costs.

Sharp industrial policy

June 1, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science, Industry and Information Ministry, the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued “on the purchase of new energy vehicles to carry out subsidies for private pilot’s notice” to determine in Shanghai, Changchun, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hefei, 5 cities Start the private purchase of new energy vehicles to subsidize pilot.

According to “informed” plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars and passenger cars for one-time subsidy. Subsidies for energy standard established under the battery pack on the supporting conditions to meet the new energy vehicles, according to 3000 yuan / kwh subsidies. Plug-in hybrid vehicle the maximum subsidy per 50,000 yuan, the highest of pure electric passenger vehicles per 60,000 yuan subsidy. Non-plug-in hybrid vehicles are included in “projects that benefit the energy-saving products”, according to the standard per 3,000 for one-time fixed subsidy.

From the subsidy standards, plug-in electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles is expected to continue subsidies to the standard car of 2009, the government subsidy standard, but non-plug-in hybrid car subsidies amount substantially less than the industry expected. Non-plug-in hybrid has ignited the enthusiasm of manufacturers will be stifled, because they had expected, or even government subsidies to cover most of the battery cost.

In accordance with the Ministry of Finance announced in February 2009 “public service of passenger cars and light commercial vehicle demonstration grants to promote standards”, according to mixing and fuel economy, all kinds of new energy vehicles will be purchased in different range of subsidies, of which hybrid The maximum each vehicle can enjoy the 50,000 yuan of subsidies, and the corresponding saving rate to be above 40%. Is this standard, manufacturers have come to measure the cost of the subsidy can cover the conclusions of the battery.

But the new policy has significantly reduced the private subsidy standard. Keli much a high-level sources, “the current Toyota Prius fuel efficiency rate of 40% or more, the non-plug-in hybrid vehicles on behalf of, use of nickel-hydrogen battery technology, but under the new policy, the model can only classified into energy-saving hybrid cars, to 3,000 yuan subsidy, and its battery cost about 5 million per. ”

“If Toyota is a foreign company, not within the scope of subsidies, then the domestic hybrid electric vehicle manufacturers, fuel-efficient cars 10%, need 20 groups of batteries, battery cost more than 10,000 yuan, 20% of fuel-efficient cars, the battery 30 group, the cost more than 20,000 yuan. If the two vehicles were 3,000 yuan of subsidies / vehicles, obviously not reasonable. “The source further said that if the policy of this implementation, I hope the Government follow-up to have other remedies.

Keli far is the one of the leading Ni-MH battery, the power battery production line in full swing, now a subsidiary of its holding capacity of 3,000 subjects hegemony sets of nickel-hydrogen battery power vehicle package, long-term planning 6 million sets. Keli much confidence develops, manufactures nickel metal hydride batteries, but also because a year ago by the government policy of encouraging industry.

June 17, 2009, the Ministry of Industry announced a “new energy automobile manufacturing companies and product access rules”, and was then come into force on July 1, which will be based on nickel-hydrogen battery technology, hybrid vehicles are classified mature product, allowing use in nationwide sales, while the lithium battery technology based on hybrid vehicle ownership in the development phase, only in approved areas, scope, terms and conditions, sales, use.

In those years, lithium has been labeled a “marginized” Ni-MH battery manufacturers, but of Metal Mesh. Apart from Section force far, the year, Chunlan Group, the torch high, Hunan Shenzhou, Kane shares and other areas have been put in a huge NiMH battery.

The vehicle manufacturers, the long Anjie Xun, Chery A5, FAW Pentium, General Grand Hyatt brands already in the model of hybrid car is running, but all based on non-plug-in hybrid technology NiMH batteries VGP-BPS5 , VGP-BPS5A , VGP-BPS9 . Their embarrassment is not the pot-meter, the fire has been closed.

According to “by 3000 yuan / kwh subsidies”, fuel-efficient and the rate is directly related to plug-in hybrid electric vehicle efforts subsidies, and domestic fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles was 15% -20%. Worse yet, if they want to get more subsidies by fuel-saving rate, non-plug-in hybrid electric vehicle manufacturers transition to plug-in needed.

Policy shift, vehicle manufacturers are likely to reduce the non-plug-in hybrid battery capacity, and thus avoid market risks.

Lower demand for battery manufacturers to be checked, will certainly seek breakthrough in transition. Private subsidy policy, the plug-in hybrid and pure electric cars, and no change in the subsidy standards, and in both areas, nickel hydrogen batteries and lithium batteries are not at the same starting line, unfortunately, this is not nickel-hydrogen batteries the Director.

Ni-MH battery embarrassment

Ni-MH battery after maturity is obtained policy support and lead the market’s key, and when the policy of higher demands on the battery technology, when it will be a short board, because the mature also means to enhance the limited space.

In fact, compared to lithium batteries, nickel metal hydride battery and electric plug-in power VGP-BPS9/B  on the inferior Obviously, this is the beginning choose one of non-plug-in hybrid reason.

Section power far above that the top government lead battery business to the plug-in transition, on the nickel-metal hydride batteries, to get more subsidies, plug-in is a breakthrough, but the technology needs of existing enterprises, a major upgrade process.

The source acknowledged that compared to nickel-metal hydride batteries, lithium battery electric power, car light, various aspects of dynamic performance is superior than the nickel-metal hydride batteries. And because management, conversion, charging system configuration is not compatible with each other, lithium and nickel-hydrogen battery technology can not be used interchangeably, it constitutes a strong competition.

In fact, transition to plug-in hybrids, nickel metal hydride battery technology exists insurmountable bottleneck.

“The nickel-hydrogen batteries  VGP-BPS8 , VGP-BPS8A  , plug-in is not simply want to do the transformation problem.” When told that the new private subsidies “rules”, Tianjin Strain Energy Technology Co., Ltd. General Manager Duan Zhen Zhong immediately said, “lithium trend have no doubt. ”

Duan Zhen-Zhong further explained, Toyota Prius’s nickel metal hydride battery capacity is only 3 kwh, while the required plug-in hybrid power battery life up to 100 kilometers or more, means that the battery capacity should be 16 kwh more than 300 volts, single 60 Ah battery needs.

Even if the energy density and much lower voltage than lithium batteries NiMH single cells up to 60 Ah capacity requirements, will be a lot of joint problems, such as self-discharge NiMH batteries have the problem, do not open the car up a few days no electricity The impact charge and discharge cycles, thereby affecting the battery life. Lithium-ion battery life of up to more than double the nickel-metal hydride batteries, and the not unrelated.

Charging time from the perspective of understanding of energy-saving, rechargeable lithium battery power conversion efficiency up to 95%, better than 70% of nickel-metal hydride batteries. Ni-MH battery memory effect exists in the fully charged condition without letting go of work completed, capacity will be less than the nominal capacity value quickly, and lithium charging time is twice that of public charging stations in the scenario is not appropriate.

While companies can make new energy vehicle charging stations to lease, to replace the battery quick way to add energy, but batteries are expensive items, surplus value is not easy to measure, two batteries are not equivalent, thus operability is not strong, and insert electric charge method is the right track. This means that the government encourage plug-in, that is, the policy preference for lithium batteries VGP-BPS2A , VGP-BPS2B  .

Tianjin strand is the first lithium iron phosphate cathode material for the development, production companies, is the largest enterprise, the present lithium iron phosphate cathode material production scale of 1,000 tons / year, long-term plan 4000 tons / year, but actual output in 2009 was only 200 tons, even more than in 2008 also dropped by 50%. Duan Zhen Zhong believes that factors other than financial crisis, it is the government in 2009 in the “industrial policy” inhibits the development of lithium battery technology.

For “by 3,000 yuan / kwh subsidies” section of the town of loyalty for example, BYD’s e6 electric car, the battery capacity is about 35 kwh battery costs 10 million subsidy of 6 million, representing the proportion of cells nearly 60%, while pure electric cars to reduce vehicle fuel than the engine and other components, but it saves a lot of money. Shows that the proportion is much higher than its subsidies to Prius hybrid vehicles represented.

Loss of the year

Whether the domestic automobile battery industry in Japan with a year to finish the distance traveled for 10 years, has been upgraded to a point in time, which led to government subsidies swerved it?

Quite the contrary, the domestic nickel-hydrogen battery industry is not mature, the Government’s policy shift is the financial constraints, time waits for no survival of the fittest environment, the inevitable choice.

Subsidies in 2009 to save the economy with growth, the purpose of fostering new industries, the period of “spreading the money” as the main target, at a time when large state-owned enterprises all use nickel-hydrogen car battery line. But more than a year of economic recovery, fiscal retrenchment, the Government has neither heart nor to large subsidies to the private purchase of new energy vehicles, occupy most of the market share of the nickel-hydrogen hybrid technology naturally the most injuries.

And from technical line of view, in 2009, the Government of the nickel-hydrogen battery technology in China tend to follow the line of inertia dictates, when Japan, the United States, sales of new energy vehicles NiMH battery-based hybrid-based, but in the new R & D inputs, two cars, all with lithium battery manufacturers for the future development direction. Today, even the Toyota Prius will be discarded nickel-hydrogen battery technology, a comprehensive upgrade in 2012 for the plug-in lithium ion Fujits battery . As a result, China’s subsidy policy also began to wait for us to moveA “cash cow,” said the Foshan Lighting (000 541) recently became the organization in the eyes of “fathom.” 4.16 years, the biggest decline in Shenzhen Component Index reached 22.46%, but the secondary market movements Foshan lighting far exceeds the broader market over the same period. As of June 2, closing at 13.33 yuan Foshan lighting, and April 16 13.98 yuan compared to the closing price edged down to 4.64%.

Research institutions washed daily limit hot money

According to Foshan Lighting in 2009 and 2010, a quarterly report revealed that as many as 41 during the respective batches and batches of 24 agency-intensive research firm. Last Thursday, Foshan Lighting 2009 annual general meeting, election of Board of Directors, held in the next board meeting, Foshan Lighting former chairman of the board minutes before the letter aside to serve as vice chairman. New energy projects has been the main control clock before the letter said, would be to grasp in the end a new energy projects. May 27, Foshan Lighting sharply higher open, midday firmly shut daily limit. Foshan lighting into the new energy is the biggest topic on the secondary market.

After-hours trading from the public information display, the company car into the field of new energy sources was hot money positive interpretation of the stock the day I bought the first five are the famous “death squads”, and the amount of each bid are in 20 million yuan, of which Tibet Road, Shanghai Oriental Securities, CITIC Kim Tong Yanan Road, Hangzhou, Chengdu, CSC Ma Family Garden, in money and securities Renmin Road, Shaoxing, China Merchants Securities in Shenzhen Nanshan Road South Oil bought a net 52.41 million yuan, respectively, 44.33 million yuan, 31.73 million yuan, 28.66 million yuan, 28.26 million yuan.

Obviously, on May 27 the daily limit, the leading force behind the hot money from the market. Since that day there are two institutions in the news after news after the selection profits, each sold 28.81 million yuan, 16.52 million yuan, together totaling 45.33 million yuan to sell it to the stock market outlook has brought unrest.

10 fund build-up

A quarterly, a total of 10 institutions holding company 5,263.19 million shares, accounting for 8.55% of total outstanding shares. Among them, six new Jiancang fund, stock fund holdings are two, and reduction of the stock funds have two.

Although the original holdings 1489.60 million shares of China advantage has been left in the first quarter of the list of top ten shareholders of tradable shares, but the number of households but never shareholders last quarter of the 139,642 reduced to a quarter of the 113,257, or nearly 20 %, per capita ownership is up from the 5981 to 7375 shares of stock, display chips clear focus.

According to the list of top ten shareholders of tradable shares, a quarter of a large number of buying shares of the Fund, including a stake for the 1049 end of the quarter million shares of Kwong Fat solid growth in the number of holding shares in China for the 1020 Golden Age, the number of shares were 807 million shares and 605 million shares of Thai and Thai letter quality letter first, the list of top ten shareholders of tradable shares, only a small reduction of intermediation Shenzhen 100. The company into the Fund approved a new attitude towards energy industry.

Lithium carbonate project will be put into operation in July

Last year in September, Foshan, China and Europe lighting and technical advice and planning development Co., Ltd., a joint venture shareholders, according to Buddhism in Qinghai Lithium Energy Development Co., Ltd., Foshan Lighting has a total capital of 38%, as the first major shareholders. Subsequently, the company and the Qinghai Salt Lake Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. joint venture of the Buddha according to Li Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd., developed the project development and production of lithium carbonate.

May 27, the annual shareholders meeting held in Foshan Lighting, chairman of the board minutes before the letter at the meeting said the collaboration with Qinghai Salt Lake Group of lithium carbonate project will initially put into operation in July. Zhong Xin-cai, said the company invest in this is knowing the odds a unique patented technology, Foshan Lighting has Yongyouxifu method brine Tiqu lithium technology patents, four years ago has been successfully extracted Tansuan Li. Extraction, compared with sintering, the extraction of low-cost, pollution-free patent.

It is reported that lithium reserves in Qinghai Salt Lake has been proved reserves account for more than 90% of the world’s lithium reserves one third of the lake. Salt Lake Group’s annual emissions of approximately 60 million cubic meters brine containing 70,000 ~ 80,000 tons of lithium carbonate. In accordance with the 10,000 tons of lithium carbonate can bring about 40 million yuan of net profit calculated to bring about 70,000 tons of lithium carbonate can be 280 million yuan.

To build electric car industry chain

This year in March, the company 160 million yuan to buy 20% of the country Heights Battery stake involved in lithium battery project, formed extracted from the lithium carbonate to lithium battery materials and lithium battery industry chain.

As China’s economic and social progress, improved living standards, national policy support, electric light industries have enormous potential for future operations and profitability of a vast space and stability. Recently, Foshan Lighting also revealed efficient lighting products on the successful promotion of the national project, will in all nine projects, 8 projects Foshan Lighting winning is winning more varieties, more complete specifications of the bid company. The successful energy efficient lighting products include general lighting with self-ballasted fluorescent lamps, three-color double-ended fluorescent lamps and high pressure sodium lamp. Huatai Securities analyst Joint Marketing Channels, said the number of successful projects and the amount of publicity in the bid amount after allocation in accordance with the provisions of relevant state departments. Although the company could not be expected to impact on performance,  but vigorously promote energy conservation policy under the great imagination.
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In fact, in nickel-hydrogen battery industry, the situation is not mature, China’s lithium-ion battery market is in the adverse economic and on.

With the national grid, the two oil giants and the strong local government input on the charging station, China’s new energy auto market has rapidly shifted the direction of plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles, the natural survival of the fittest full interpretation of the law of the market.

2009 Ni-MH battery technology to support the industrial policy after only a year longer timely, at least in the new energy automotive technology exists to enhance the speed of miscarriage of justice, while its loss, including loss of lithium-ion batteries a year, but more Ni-MH battery will be more pay chain.

Demonstration and popularization of new energy vehicles news related rules activated lithium plate recently EADS were mixed market. Researchers have to remind brokers, according to A shares to past practice, the market outlook, investors need to prevent “Jianguang Si.”

There are many hot markets, but the lithium battery unit is still a landscape this week, can not be ignored. Concord Technology (000733, closing price of 12.17 yuan), Foshan Lighting (000 541, closing price 14.80 yuan) two non-release of the industry related stocks in the news, they have no doubt that daily limit, this “point on the” in Li-ion battery to market the concept of the state show a strong appeal.

But researchers cautioned that there are brokerage, demonstration and popularization of new energy vehicles news related rules activated lithium plate recently EADS were mixed market, looking from the past practice of A shares, VGP-BPS9/S investors need to beware of market outlook, “Jianguang Si.”

Lithium shares “a little on the”

Last week in a crash in the sudden emergence of the lithium battery unit into the last trading week of May is still eye-catching performance. Tibet Mining weekly gain in nearly 16%, CITIC Guoan by the strong rebound in capital funding to do more, not only 100 million Wei Li can, when l technology, more and more such as lithium fluoride newcomer to strong, even in Jiangsu Guotai, Shanshangufen the old lithium hp battery shares before the downturn also swept away, far outperforming the broader market.

The most prominent of which was undoubtedly the performance of 100 million Li-Wei energy (300 014, closing price 30.98 yuan). Early flat of 100 million Li-Wei in May 18 diluted, we rather some “Turnaround” flavor. Diluted Yang received 5 consecutive trading days, including three days of daily limit! This week, Thursday the same two daily limit, to 24.67% weekly gain.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange publicly traded information display, the director that the Ruoshitianquan good show is that hot money from around the country, many of them in Shenzhen Guoxin Securities Tairan 9 Road Business Department of Finance through the Securities Wenling Dong-hui North such “active” .

Another is the CITIC Guoan (000 839, closing price 13.05 yuan). May 21 of Yang Xian sounded the horn stock rebound, this week, Tuesday on two consecutive days have more than 10 million large-scale financing to buy. Weekly gain this week, up 20.06 percent, the highest in the forefront of the two cities.

The third is Fluoride (002,407, closing price 46.18 yuan). Following last week’s institutions to buy a rose this week after more than seven points, showing a multi-platform consolidation pattern fluoride, Fluoride 28 or 5.76% a correction, but the day of the stock bought by the institutions swept all three! I bought a total of three Fluoride 29.12 million yuan, the total amount bought in the top five in the proportion of 75%!

Fluoride sprung up everywhere

Lithium shares in the current round of speculation, the emergence of more and more fluoride is absolutely pleasant surprise. This was in the May 18 board official listing of small and medium sized newcomer, had cracked fat listed on the first day, but then received a continuous blitz agency funds.

Fluoride fluoride salt itself but the main industry, but institutions interested in the company not yet mature, lithium hexafluorophosphate project. Lithium hexafluorophosphate electrolyte is the most important raw material production, while the electrolyte is a lithium-ion batteries  Sony VGP-BPS9 battery , Sony VGP-BPS9/B battery needed key material.

Industry insiders say, only a few Japanese companies can be mass produced, high technical threshold; internal lithium hexafluorophosphate used in almost all imports, or foreign companies in domestic production. CIC Securities analyst, said Lin Xiong, lithium hexafluorophosphate electrolyte production costs account for about 6 percent.

Lithium hexafluorophosphate margins are surprisingly high. Fluoride prospectus showed that lithium hexafluorophosphate cost of production is about 100,000 yuan / ton, the current market price of 35 yuan / ton (including tax), gross margin can be 67%.

In the multi-fluoride ago, the domestic lithium hexafluorophosphate project has made marked progress in the only two companies - Tianjin, and Jiangsu Guotai Taurus. The former 80 tons capacity for personal use only; the latter line has not yet completed, 28 journalists from the Company, the project plans to pilot before the end of June.

Taurus and Tianjin, Jiangsu Guotai Gangster these industries compared to more fluoride and more progress has not lagged behind. Company prospectus that at the time of lithium hexafluorophosphate pilot production line has been established.

“Daily Economic News” interview with Xinhua, companies, securities companies, introduced a staff member surnamed Li, the general situation of the project. According to reports, the project has been completed in the trial, from the results, despite the purity, yields and not very stable, but overall is good. The company’s test pilot production line products, has also been sent to downstream clients on probation. The source also said Fluoride set up a special project team, and domestic vehicle companies in contact.

This year, Fluoride will be built as an annual capacity of 200 tons of lithium hexafluorophosphate production line; prospectus showed in 2011 will be built lithium hexafluorophosphate 1,000 tons / year production line, to become the largest lithium hexafluorophosphate manufacturer.

According to “China Quality Daily” reported on May 26, China Hewlett-Packard Co., submitted to the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection report, recalled some from August 2007 to January 2008 during the production of HPPavilion, CompaqPresario, HPCampaq, HP series notebook batteries, the number in China involving about 15 000. It is understood that HP would extend the May 14, 2009 announced the fourth installment of laptop battery recall list, including four brands of 31 types.

HP brand has occupied an important position in the minds of consumers in China, which produce printers, digital images, software, computer all the time does not affect people’s work, live and learn. 6 consecutive years, HP has been selected “Most Respected Enterprises”, has sold it is the world’s largest notebook maker, but in 2008, people began to fall into love HP multiple “doors” - including the “door card” “flash screen door,” “cockroaches door” over the incident, including consumers begin to re-examine HP.

HP to expand the scope of the battery recall being touched consumer psychology Bottom line: HP’s why time and again to expand the scope of the recall, is not HP’s batteries are a problem, there are other quality Hewlett-Packard is the problem?

HP recalls lead upgrade question

In fact, such a recall, not the first time HP has been carried out. April 20, 2006, HP said that according to the requirements of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced some of the series, Hewlett-Packard laptop battery recall and the initiative to implement a global replacement program. HP and the battery manufacturer to confirm, January 1, 2005 to January 10, 2005 the battery assembly defects. Hewlett-Packard that such deficiencies pose a potential safety hazard to the consumers. October 30, 2008, HP announced the HP laptop used for some of the approximately 74,000 to implement a global battery recall and replacement program initiative. May 14, 2009, HP announced the fourth notebook battery recall.

HP to expand the scope of the battery recall, a recent user discussions. Hewlett-Packard computer users by the composition of a QQ group, the users have to ask ourselves whether the battery model has been recalled in the recall list were found “not in this column”, the friends said “very disappointed.” Meanwhile, some netizens questioned, HP notebook batteries recalled again and again to increase model, “is not the HP’s battery is the problem? Why is not published before? Why their battery does not recall list.”

Recall of batteries overheating and other issues is main cause of

HP recall many times with questions related to notebook computer batteries. HP said in the assembly of certain notebook computer products may be of some batteries posed a potential security risk customers, these batteries may overheat, pose fire and burn risk customers.

As we all know, laptops are based on lithium battery materials. The Li-an unstable, hot, short life cycle of the physical characteristics, in order to improve the stability of the battery, lithium battery materials, manufacturers will add other elements. In other words, small and thin panels in, containing a variety of flammable substances in case of short circuit, overheating and other extraordinary circumstances, there is the possibility of fire.

In fact, several years ago, began the safety of lithium exposure. Given that lithium is potentially dangerous, notebook makers should find ways to resolve it. But the current situation is that people on the battery lasting durability have become increasingly demanding, and manufacturers continue to meet consumer demand, so the performance of lithium battery manufacturers constantly being challenge. When the speed of technological development can not keep up demand, is often sacrificed the safety and quality products. In addition, the current safety standards for lithium batteries is also a bit confusing, standardized manufacturing processes and safety standards will further improve product quality and reduce the incidence of risk, but to develop a uniform standard is not so easy. The blind pursuit of the current slim notebook design and user comfort, ignoring heat problems, will also affect safety. If the safety of lithium ion batteries reduce the activity of the battery capacity will inevitably have to come down, which in itself is a contradiction.

Industry experts, to address the safety of laptop batteries, from two aspects, one from the technical solution, relying on technological means to resolve the bottleneck restricting their safety. Second, through the standard, through the development of norms, to a certain extent, to establish a business rule.

Introduction of lithium standard imperative

Currently, lithium batteries have been used household appliances and other industries. It is because of the widespread adoption of lithium batteries, its production standards are so very confusing. It is understood around the world, a standard laptop lithium batteries are in a confused state, national, industry has some standards, but not the same. The safety of lithium batteries has become a major drag the industry, so the lithium ion battery fully integrated design and manufacturing process quality control system is the industry in a large number of security incidents in lithium ion batteries and reached a consensus conclusion.

China’s safety standards for lithium ion batteries VGP-BPS8 ,  VGP-BPS9 as the lack of overall planning, on the one hand between the national and industry level standards, and lack of coordination between various industry standards, there are some cross-standard objects, repeated, on the other hand there is no uniform standard guidelines, both a simple safety standards, but also including electrical properties, environmental performance and safety for all of the requirements of the general norms such as the nature of the standards. Li-ion battery products as a household word, not only the unity of its safety standards, the need for adequate protection of consumer interests, but also reduce business costs, standard industry requirements.

Japan recently released industry data show that the government no incentive to households to buy solar cells, the environmental technology market, the full year ending in March to expand to 3 times.

Japan Solar Energy Industries Association (JapanPhotovoltaicEnergyAssociation, JPEA) pointed out that the last fiscal year’s domestic shipments of solar cells and components rose 2.63 times.

A ship for the past nine home use, for the Government to install the environmentally friendly technology such as homeowners cash subsidies and tax incentives.

Early 2000s the Japanese solar market stability and take-off, Sony VGP-BPS9 battery , Sony VGP-BPS9/B battery , but around 2005, after the termination of the subsidy program, the gradual decline.

Association director, said last year’s restoration of subsidies, market speed thawing.

This supervisor said: “If the implementation of appropriate policies, the market for sustainable growth, manufacturers have a responsibility to lower prices, we as an industry, must strive to make solar cells spread.”

He added that Japanese mostly rely on companies to voluntarily pay expensive than conventional solar power system technology, Sony battery , requiring subsidies .