Panasonic shows off New Prototype Laptop Battery at CES 2007

Panasonic announced at the CES 2007 Las Vegas show that they are developing a new better density more energy rechargeable laptop battery.


The prototype, which is being shown here at CES, reportedly boasts a "20- to 40-percent" increase in capacity by using "an alloy material for the negative electrode instead of a commonly used carbon material" such as graphite carbon. Additionally, energy density per volume is increased to 740 Wh/L, which is 40-percent higher than that of the company's existing product