Toshiba International Corporation announces that it has established US-based sales and technical support for its new product, the Super Charge Ion Battery, SCiB™. This nano-based breakthrough lithium technology is noted for its rapid charging capability of 90% charge in less than 5 minutes, long life of more than 10 years even at rapid charge rates, and excellent safety performance. The SCiB™ product line will be supported out of the Toshiba International Corporation headquarters in Houston, Texas and the SCiB™ team will focus on business development activities, battery pack design, prototyping, assembly, technical support, and service.

The SCiB™ battery technology offers numerous performance advantages that make it an ideal solution for many of today’s toughest energy storage challenges.

SCiB™ cells comprising the battery packs will be supplied from Toshiba’s state-of-the-art automated production line in the Saku Factory located in Nagano, Japan. Initial market development activities in the US will focus on automotive HEV/PHEV/EV, industrial lift trucks, smart grid/grid storage, medical equipment, wind and solar power, scooters, and UPS market segments.

Toshiba currently has two battery pack offerings commercially available, a 12 V, 4.2 Ah pack and a 24 V, 4.2 Ah pack. Both offerings are based on Toshiba’s 2.4 V, 4.2 Ah cells and include Toshiba’s proprietary battery management system, which ensures optimum performance and safety. Additional packs are under development.

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