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Boston-Power's Sonata battery is the product of three years of development work by the company It will be re-branded by HP as the "Enviro" battery and offered from early 2009 with select consumer notebooks.
Enviro, eh? Obviouosly yet another attempt to sell this as "green," which in a way, it would be, if it could reduce the number of batteries that enter electronic waste dumps.
The Sonata battery, besides being fast charging (it can be charged to 80% percent of capacity in 30 minutes), can go 1,000 charges before the battery's capacity begins degrading. If charged every day, that's three years of service, and Boston-Power also states that the batteries will carry a three-year warranty.
In comparison, laptop batteries today begin degrading after approximately 300 charges.
The press release indicates HP is the first OEM to adopt Sonata, but this technology, despite Boston-Power's relationship with HP, is not exclusive. Other manufacturers will likely sign on; this is just the first.
The company also plans to move into other areas such as consumer electronics and even hybrids / electric vehicles.
Technical specifications of the battery are available here (.PDF).
Posted December 10th, 2008 by Michael Santo
