ZBB super battery goes mobile

The revolutionary, Murdoch-developed Zinc-Bromine Battery (ZBB) has managed to power a golf buggy twice as far as conventional batteries have been able to do.

ZBB engineer Bjorn Jonshagen (left) and Chief Executive Officer of ZBB Energy Corporation Rob Parry take the ZBB-powered buggy for a spin.

      It's the latest application for the battery which is being developed on campus through a commercial partnership between the University and ZBB Energy Corporation.
      The battery powered a Yamaha electric golf car 80 kilometres on a single charge -- twice the range that a lead acid battery could achieve.
      While the new application was designed specifically for a 48volt golf car, ZBB says the door is open for a broad range of mobile electric applications, including wheel chairs, bicycles, tricycles and cars.
      Research and development for the ZBB technology is based at Murdoch while the manufacturing facilities are in Milwaukee in the USA.

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