Matsushita Develops New Dry-Cell Battery......

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Matsushita Develops New Dry-Cell Battery that Lasts Two Times Longer than Alkaline Batteries ... February 2, 2004 (TOKYO) -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd unveiled on Jan 28 its new AA-sized primary battery called "Oxyride Dry-cell Battery...
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Very interesting... Oxiride Story

 

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"Matsushita, which regards the Oxyride battery as a general-purpose battery along with the alkaline battery, plans to add an AAA-sized Oxyride battery to its battery portfolio in April 2005."

Good to hear this. I wonder if the battery performs better in low-drain applications too.