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2005: Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud develops a concept for a safe, powerful, environmentally-sound lithium-ion battery technology. |
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2005: Dr. Lampe-Onnerud sets up an R&D lab in her carriage house. Impressed investors pump $1 million into the company. |
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2005: First functional cell prototypes are made. |
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2006: First product is ready and submitted for UN and UL testing. |
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2006: First mass production site is established in Asia. |
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2007: Sonata® is unveiled to the industry and Dr. Lampe-Onnerud is named “DEMOgod” at DEMO ’07 event. |
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2008: Sonata receives Nordic Ecolabel and China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC) accreditation for outstanding performance and environmental responsibility. |
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2008: Mass manufacturing ramp-up begins with establishment of Taiwan facility. |
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2008: Sonata passes stringent Tier 1 production audits. |
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2008: U.S. HQ expands through the addition of R&D labs for applications from consumer electronics to large format transportation batteries. |
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2008: HP partners with Boston-Power® to offer its HP Long Life Battery (formerly Enviro Series) based on Sonata. |
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2009: Swing® is introduced for transportation applications. |
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2009: Boston-Power conducts first road test of a converted Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). |
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2009: Boston-Power joins Saab and others to form Swedish industry-first EV coalition to fuel the advancement of zero-emission, hi-performance vehicles. |
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2010: ASUS will be first to include Sonata as standard equipment in its new Business Series notebooks. |
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2010: Boston-Power’s Swing battery was selected for NASA’s Humanoid Robot Project. |
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2011: Boston-Power's lithium-ion battery technology is being tested for VNL’s solar-powered mobile communication solution for developing countries. |
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2011: Boston-Power launches first of its building block modules, Swing Tempo™ 2235, for use in electric vehicles and stationary energy evaluation storage applications. |
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2011: Boston-Power launches its Swing Key™ blocks combining the advantages of small and large format cells for EV applications. |
