News from Globes [online], (Israel):
Arotech (Nasdaq:ARTX) has announced that a test drive conducted with its all-electric hybrid bus using commercially available zinc demonstrated performance similar to that achieved with the proprietary dendritic zinc used to date.
The company said that, corroborating lab results, the bus achieved a range of 133 miles on a simulated city-cycle drive, similar to the range achieved a year ago in a similar test with the proprietary zinc. The system's efficiency has been improved as well.
Arotech's Electric Vehicle Division has developed technology that will allow its zinc-air batteries to use commercially available zinc, eliminating the need for the special zinc used to date. Arotech's technological breakthrough for utilizing readily available zinc is expected to boost commercialization plans for the zinc-air hybrid bus, which until now required heavy investments in zinc producing infrastructure.
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