TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Component: The Li ion insertion anode has a voltage of greater than 0.5 ( approximately 1.5) V versus the Li/Li+ potential. Both the anode and cathode have particles of spherical or prolate ellipsoidal shape. The battery includes two terminal plates conductively connected with end plates. The terminal plates are electrically contacted to 20% of the end plate surface area by a mechanical compression device. Terminal cable(s) are joined to the thermal plates. The mechanical compression device for supplying pressure to the battery comprises two parallel plates connected with the end portions of the battery unit and screws for manipulating the compression plates together to put in place pressure upon the battery unit. The compression plates are electrically insulated from each other. They comprise cooling fins having channel for allowing the passage of fluid over and through the terminal plates. The mechanical compression device has terminal contact elements connected between the end plates and the terminal plates. Each contact element has end surface for providing electrical contact points, which are uniformly distributed across the end surface.The contact elements comprise conductive mat of foam, felt, or expanded or woven metal mesh. The mechanical pressure may be provided by shrink tubing or binder(s) of (non)fibrous tapes, strings, or ribbons. The bipolar or end plate current collector is aluminum current collector. Conductive primer layer(s) (40) may be positioned between the anode and the adjacent current collector, or the cathode and the adjacent current collector. It extends over the entire surface of the current collector facing the anode and cathode. It comprises dried water-base ink. The bipolar or end plate current collector can be nickel current collector or bimetallic copper-aluminum collector. The frame has top and bottom connected with each other to encompass the perimeter. It is secured to bipolar or end plate current collector by a heat weld. The battery units have bridge contact element(s) connected with at least two monolithic battery units.Preferred Parameter: The terminal plates are approximately 0.2- approximately 10 mm thick. The contact elements are less than approximately 1 mm thick. The aluminum current collector is approximately 20-80 microns thick. The conductive primer layer is approximately 1- approximately 10 microns thick.Preferred Properties: The anode and cathode have a porosity of both approximately 30-60%. The battery has a charge and discharge capability of at least 0.05 Angstrom/cm squared for more than 10s. The mechanical compression device is capable of providing 0.2-1 kg/cm2 compression level. The bipolar current collector or end plate current collectors material has a mass-normalized electronic sheet conductivity of greater than 70,000 S/per squared gram and a mass-normalized thermal sheet conductivity of greater than 0.5 W/per squared gram.K The aluminum current collector has greater than approximately 95% (preferably 99%) aluminum purity. The electrolyte has a boiling point of at least 90 degreesC.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Material: The anode includes a spinel type lithiated titanium oxide of LiTi2O4, Li(4+x), or LixTiO2. The cathode includes a spinel type lithium manganese oxide, lithium cobalt oxide-containing compound (LiCoO2), or lithium nickel oxide-containing compound (LiNiO2). It has a dopant of boron, aluminum, magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron, manganese, nickel, cobalt or chromium. The contact elements comprise aluminum or nickel. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains lithium-based salt of lithium phosphorus hexafluoride-containing compound (LiPF6), lithium barium tetrafluoride-containing compound (LiBF4), lithium nitrogen sulfuryl carbon trifluoride-containing compound (LiN(SO2CF3)2, LiN(SO2C2F5)2 or LiC(SO2CF3)3), lithium chloride oxide-containing compound (LiClO4), lithium arsenic hexafluoride-containing compound (LiAsF6), lithium oxalato borates, or other lithium borates.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - METALLURGY - Preferred Material: The terminal plates comprise aluminum or its alloy.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Material: The frame comprises polymer layer(s) of thermoplastic polymer or thermoplastic ionomer, preferably polypropylenes, polyolefins, chlorinated or fluorinated polyolefins, acid-modified (polypropylenes or polyolefins), or polyesters.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Solvent: The electrolyte includes solvent(s) of propylene carbonate, diethylcarbonate, ethylenecarbonate, dimethylcarbonate, ethyl-methylcarbonate, dimethylacetamide, diethylacetamide, gamma-butyrolactone, sulfolane, dimethylsulfite, diethylsulfite, trimethylphosphate, or valeronitrile.