Manufacture and application of valve-regulated lead/acid batteries in China

Lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries for the Chinese electric bike market and implications on future technology advancement

“…The rapid growth in telecommunication and computer networks throughout the world during the 1980s created a huge market for this battery type. The VRLA industry finally spread to China in response to their telecommunications boom of the 1990s [10]. Prior to the 1990s, the Chinese battery industry produced mainly flooded Pb-acid batteries for agriculture and transport (e.g.…”