
Johnson Controls is expanding the production of advanced batteries for start-stop vehicles amid growing demand for better fuel economy.
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PulseTech's SC-6 is a six-station HD recovery charger designed to recover, charge, maintain, and desulfate from one to six 12-volt lead-acid batteries.
Read More →The Lamar Buffalo Ranch campus' five buildings will be powered by a stationary distributed energy system that features 208 used Camry Hybrid nickel-metal hydride battery packs with a total storage capacity of 85 kWh.
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A field campus at Yellowstone National Park will be powered by a stationary distributed energy system that features 208 used Camry Hybrid nickel-metal hydride battery packs.
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BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corp. have signed binding agreements to collaborate on battery, fuel cell, and lightweight materials technologies. The companies also plan to collaborate on a mid-size sports vehicle.
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DETROIT - GM stated the agreement will help the company expand the number and types of electric vehicles it makes.
Read More →WARREN, MI - Engineers of the four-seat Chevrolet Volt electric car often refer to its 435-pound battery pack as the fifth passenger. Given the care taken to keep the pack at just the right temperature in all weather conditions, there is a lot of truth to that.
Read More →DETROIT - General Motors Ventures LLC has invested $7 million in Newark, Calif.-based Envia Systems to provide GM's battery engineering team with access to advanced lithium-ion cathode technology that delivers higher cell energy density and lower cost. In a separate agreement, GM has secured the right to use Envia's advanced cathode material for future GM electrically driven vehicles.
Read More →SMYRNA, TN - Construction is progressing on Nissan's manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., which will produce lithium-ion batteries to power the all-electric Nissan Leaf vehicle. The Leaf will be produced at the facility beginning in late 2012.
Read More →SANTA MONICA, CA - Coda Holdings, a California-based developer of advanced lithium-ion power battery systems and all-electric vehicles, has named Philip Murtaugh the company's new CEO. Murtaugh was also appointed a member of Coda's board of directors.
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