Boston-Power Corporate Timeline

Lithium-ion battery technology  

2005:  Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud develops a concept for a safe, powerful, environmentally-sound lithium-ion battery technology.

R&D lab

2005:  Dr. Lampe-Onnerud sets up an R&D lab in her carriage house.  Impressed investors pump $1 million into the company. 

Cell prototypes

2005:  First functional cell prototypes are made.

UN and UL testing

2006:  First product is ready and submitted for UN and UL testing. 

Mass production site in China

2006:  First mass production site is established in Asia.

Sonata® at DEMO '07

2007:  Sonata® is unveiled to the industry and Dr. Lampe-Onnerud is named “DEMOgod” at DEMO ’07 event.

Nordic and Chinese Ecolabel accreditation

2008:  Sonata receives Nordic Ecolabel and China  Environmental United Certification Center (CEC) accreditation for outstanding performance and environmental responsibility. 

Mass manufacturing in Taiwan

2008:  Mass manufacturing ramp-up begins with establishment of Taiwan facility.

Sonata® 4400 2008:  Sonata passes stringent Tier 1 production audits. 
R&D lab expansion

2008:  U.S. HQ expands through the addition of R&D labs for applications from consumer electronics to large format transportation batteries.

HP

2008:  HP partners with Boston-Power® to offer its HP Long Life Battery (formerly Enviro Series) based on Sonata.

Swing™ 4400

2009:  Swing® is introduced for transportation applications. 

PHEV road test

2009:  Boston-Power conducts first road test of a converted Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV).

EV coalition 2009:  Boston-Power joins Saab and others to form Swedish industry-first EV coalition to fuel the advancement of zero-emission, hi-performance vehicles.
ASUS

2010:  ASUS will be first to include Sonata as standard equipment in its new Business Series notebooks.

NASA project 2010:  Boston-Power’s Swing battery was selected for NASA’s Humanoid Robot Project.
2011:  Boston-Power's lithium-ion battery technology is being tested for VNL’s solar-powered mobile communication solution for developing countries.

2011:  Boston-Power launches first of its building block modules, Swing Tempo™ 2235, for use in electric vehicles and stationary energy evaluation storage applications.
 

2011:   Boston-Power launches its Swing Key™ blocks combining the advantages of small and large format cells for EV applications.