A NEW STORAGE BATTERY; Mr. Edison Believes He Has Solved a Great Problem. He Has Found, He Says, Long Sought Qualities of Lightness and Durability.

In 1901, Thomas Edison developed the recharcheable nickel-iron battery, a technology he hoped to see implemented in electric cars. But a slow rate of energy output and slower charging time saw it ...

Thomas Edison's decaying Battery Factory in West Orange, New Jersey, is being transformed.

However, that presented little problem because Edison had already invented the alkaline storage battery in 1901 and spent years perfecting it before placing it in the 1912 Edison electric car.

Edison sought a battery for automobiles that could be recharged by the energy generated during the vehicle’s operation (a design called a storage battery) and that was simpler for consumers to use.

An improved version of Thomas Edison's nickel-iron battery has been developed by Stanford researchers.

Edison Battery Oil, 2 bottles. Oil is intended for use with Edison alkali storage batteries. The oil is poured into the cell and floats on top of the electrolyte preventing air from reaching the ...

A California start-up believes it has the key to unlocking the potential of a battery invented by Thomas Edison more than a century ago and using it to unleash a “sleeping giant” of global energy ...

By 2003, the old Edison Battery Factory was vacant and neglected. “Edison Village” will convert it into 330 apartments plus 18,500 square feet of retail.

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. Born into a middle-class family in the American Midwest during the 1840s and with little formal education, Edison ...

A California start-up believes it has the key to unlocking the potential of a battery invented by Thomas Edison more than a century ago and using it to unleash a “sleeping giant” of global energy ...