Battery Start-Up Reports Breakthrough with Kevlar Fibers
A start-up with a presence in Ann Arbor and Detroit plans to launch mass production of a new battery technology, developed at the University of Michigan, that could solve a defect that has previously bedeviled the airline industry. Elegus Technologies plans to launch manufacturing as soon as the fourth quarter of 2016. The company said it has achieved a breakthrough by developing a barrier — made out of Kevlar nanofibers — that will prevent the unwanted flow of electrical current in lithium-ion batteries.