DETROIT -- Johnson Controls Inc. has developed a small lithium ion battery for use only by vehicle stop-start systems. The battery is about the size of a tissue box and weighs around 9 pounds, the ...

Johnson Controls Inc. has developed a small lithium ion battery for use only by vehicle stop-start systems. The battery is about the size of a tissue box and weighs around 9 pounds, the supplier said ...

Ordinary lead-acid battery technology has a short lifetime in start-stop uses, so battery makers have come up with new ideas for handling the frequent charge-discharge that characterizes start-stop.

Antony Ingram June 10, 2014 Comment Now! Electrification is becoming an increasingly important factor in improving the fuel efficiency of vehicles. Cars like the Toyota Prius hybrid made it mainstream ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are starting to focus on lead due to the large amounts of the metal in batteries used in increasingly popular stop-start cars produced by automakers aiming to comply with ...

/PRNewswire/ - Johnson Controls, Inc., (NYSE: JCI) received bronze at the internationally-known 2011 Edison Best New Product Award for its VARTA Start-Stop batteries in the category Energy and ...

DETROIT -- Johnson Controls Inc. has developed a small lithium ion battery that boosts the efficiency of vehicle stop-start systems. The battery is about the size of a tissue box and weighs around 9 ...