A Software Configurable Battery (Electric Vehicles Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011)

Barrie graduated from Birmingham University with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1964. Since then he as has worked at Director level in many branches of the electronics industry including military electronics, telecommunications, computers, automotive and consumer electronics. During the last 10 years he has been involved in the battery business, originally as Chairman of MPower Batteries, a custom battery pack making company in Scotland which he helped to found and later in China where he set up a similar business. He is currently Chairman of CHE EVC, another battery start up company pioneering some interesting new technologies. In his spare time he writes and maintains the Electropaedia web site, a comprehensive knowledge base about batteries and energy sources.

CHEEVC is a research and development company founded in July 2010 by Ken Norton in Comrie in Scotland to develop new battery technologies. Their first product is a software configurable battery which provides a variable power output and delivers a longer life. Studies are under way to determine whether to invest in production facilities to manufacture these batteries or to subcontract the production.