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TOKYO, JAPAN --- Nissan Motor Co. said it is confident that the financial support the company has received from governments worldwide will ensure the profitability of its electric vehicle program.
Read More →SYLMAR, CA --- Quallion, a lithium-ion battery maker, is requesting $220 million in stimulus funds to build a manufacturing plant that will make more than 20,000 batteries annually for hybrid cars and trucks by 2012.
Read More →NEW YORK --- Volvo Car Corp. has chosen American-made lithium-ion battery systems, designed and produced by Ener1 Inc., to power a pair of plug-in hybrid V70 demonstration cars being put through their paces across Europe this fall.
Read More →WARREN, MI --- Andrew Farah, chief engineer on the Chevy Volt, took the first preproduction model out for a test drive Tuesday, June 23 -- a couple of weeks before schedule. The vehicle was taken out again the following day.
Read More →LISLE, IL --- MicroSun Technologies, a leading manufacturer of advanced lithium ion battery packs and smart charging devices, said the company has reached its $500/kWh goal for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) applications.
Read More →DETROIT --- General Motors Corp. said it will invest $30 million in a U.S. plant that will build next-generation batteries for its all-electric Chevrolet Volt, Reuters reported.
Read More →WATERTOWN, MA --- A123Systems said it has submitted an application to a U.S. Department of Energy program to qualify for $1.84 billion in direct loans to help construct manufacturing facilities for lithium ion batteries in the United States.
Read More →CHICAGO --- Leading U.S. battery and advanced materials companies, with support from one of the country's largest national laboratories, have formed an alliance to develop advanced lithium ion battery cells for transportation applications in the U.S.
Read More →NISKAYUNA, NY – GE invested $30 million in A123's $102 million Series E financing, making it the battery manufacturer's largest single cash investor at nine percent ownership.
Read More →MILWAUKEE, WI --- The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, has awarded Johnson Controls-Saft a $8.2 million contract to develop lithium-ion battery systems for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
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