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3rd Millennium Energy LLC of Orange, CA, a designer and manufacturer of electricbicycles, tricycles and other light electric vehicles (LEVs), has selected VIASPACE Inc. to provide a lithium polymer battery pack for its eBikes. 3rdMillenium featured the VIASPACE pack on its advanced foldingCommuter Bike, shown at the Interbike show.
The VIASPACE Lithium Polymer batteries, made by partner Yoku ofHong Kong and Zhangzhou, China, are four times lighter, nearlythree times smaller, charge much faster, and have greater cyclelife than lead-acid batteries.
A single small VIASPACE battery pack can yield up to a 40-milerange, and a battery pack the size of the current lead acid batterycan yield over 100 miles of range. The eBike can be simplyrecharged by plugging in to a standard electrical plug.
VIASPACE eBike batteries are also under test for use in bothmountain and street eBikes at 3rd Millennium Energy and othercustomers.
Yoku makes its prismatic lithium-ion cells in 250 sizes, withcapacity ranging from 50-55,000 mAh.
Among its other energy products, VIASPACE also offers prismaticlithium-ion batteries; cylindrical lithium-ion batteries and highcapacity/rate lithium-ion batteries.
VIASPACE was founded in 1998 with the objective of commercializingproven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Departmentof Defense.
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