Total Battery Consulting, Inc.

TBC over 200 clients over the past 25 years have ranged from Silicon Valley startups to some of the world's largest corporations. TBC have produced multi-client industry reports, offers consulting services, preliminary in technology assessment and battery-related legal work.

Founder and President Dr. Menahem Anderman is a broad-based battery industry executive who has held numerous technical and business executive positions in the industry before becoming a battery consultant, and has directed the development of high-power NiCd and Li-Ion batteries. He is unique among battery consultants for having both technical and business background.

In 2001, Dr. Anderman formed Advanced Automotive Batteries (AAB) as a division of Total Battery Consulting to provide updated information on the rapidly growing advanced automotive battery market. AAB's activities include organizing two international Advanced Automotive Battery Conferences (AABC) annually.

Total Battery Consulting is a private battery consulting firm specialized in energy-storage technology assessment product development and applications. TBC's services can be divided into two principal areas:

Battery technology assessment

  • New technology evaluation/due diligence
  • Pro and Con of the development
  • Time to market assessment
  • Competitive positioning
  • Technology viability for a given application

Legal work, battery related

  • Expert witness
  • Documents assessment
  • Intellectual property
  • Licensing disputes
  • Product liability

“Dr. Anderman and TBC are a very valuable, independent source for automotive battery technology and market insights.”

Soeren Striepe, Senior Manager, Magna International

“PolyPlus Battery Company has used Dr. Anderman's services over the past several years and we have always found Menahem to be efficient and competent in his approach to technical problems, and highly informed on new developments in the battery community. I recommend his services without reservation.”

Steve Visco, CEO, CTO and Founder, Polyplus Battery Company, Inc.

“There is certain data that you just cannot get elsewhere and we rely on the Report’s analysis - especially cost information; it’s almost impossible to compare yourself with competitors by any other means. The market is getting bigger fast, so it is very valuable to us. It is worth the money - absolutely. No question.”

William Wallace, Director, Global Battery Systems, General Motors

“The xEV report is very valuable because it has such good technical related content; it helps us not only understand the commercial side of the market, but also the technical side of the market. It is definitely a good investment and good value.”

Ina Jiang, Sales Engineer, Rogers Corporation

“The xEV Report is relevant, it is not wading through, pages and pages of information to find what we are looking for. The information is exactly what we are looking for.”

Ted Miller, Senior Manager of Energy Storage Strategy and Research, Ford Motor Company