Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. engine-generator from Flint. engine-generator from Flint. “We —Jon Lauckner, GM vice president of global product planning.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

The measurement method is based on the differences in color of electrode material after intercalation of different amounts of lithium. Shown is an example of graphite from Maire (2008). Harris’s goal for the project is to try to understand degradation mechanisms of lithium-ion cells. Click to enlarge. Electrochem.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2009

Canada-based international auto supplier and contract assembler Magna International, now with a Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of Opel from General Motors ( earlier post ), sees vehicle electrification as one of its key strategic initiatives. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 23, 2008

A coalition of 14 companies this week announced the creation of a new business alliance aimed at promoting domestic production of lithium ion batteries. Automakers hope to use the batteries in next- generation hybrids as well as plug-in electric cars. LA Times, December 20, 2008. December 20, 2008 U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

The multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) was developed in China by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), a design and engineering joint venture between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), with global design input. will be nearly three times more powerful than the system it replaces.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

JCS announced plans to invest $220 million in a new advanced-battery manufacturing facility to produce lithium-ion cells for automotive applications—its first in the US. Project details include: Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC ( JCS ). - The MEGA board approved a high-tech state tax credit valued at $25.2

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., Lithium-ion batteries , now common in laptops, produce more power and are smaller than nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids now.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. electric-car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles. Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2007

The first of Toshiba's groundbreaking SCiB packs will ship in March 2008 to an industrial systems market that Toshiba forecasts being worth 100 billion Yen by 2015. GS Yuasa possesses advanced technologies in large lithium-ion batteries and is striving to broaden their applications.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

It is a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) that has been developed in China by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre as part of a design and engineering joint venture with both General Motors and the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

In another invited paper at ECS 215, Mark Verbrugge, Materials and Processes Laboratory, General Motors R&D Center, presented an update of work done in collaboration with Professor Yang-Tse Cheng at the University of Kentucky on the role of mechanical deformation on the life of electrode materials for traction batteries.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 9, 2009

It is fitted with a compact 660cc engine and equipped with a generator to charge the lithium-ion battery if capacity level drops. Suzuki began joint trials of the MI0 with the Shizuoka prefecture government in November 2008 with a view to enhancing it ready for commercial sale.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 30, 2021

Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Game Changer. Tesla Motors began production in 2008 with the Roadster, which was essentially an AC Propulsion vehicle with kit-car parts replaced by one-grade-above-kit-car Lotus Elise pieces in the first generation. How Does A Lithium-Ion Battery Work. Key points.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The energy is stored in a 24 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery, jointly developed with LG Chemical. Honda’s current fuel cell-electric vehicle, the FCX Clarity, launched in July 2008. Two hydrogen storage tanks, with a total capacity of 5.64 Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Great Wall Motor Co., The GWKulla, a short, curvy compact, runs on lithium-ion batteries and can go 160 kilometers (99 miles) when fully charged, the company says. Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s in late 2010. GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011. All rights reserved.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. He was paid about $265,000 in 2008, and he lives in a BYD-owned apartment complex with other engineers. Each of BYDs business units - batteries, mobile-phone components, and autos - was profitable in 2008, albeit on a small scale.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. General Motors has sought $10.3 One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 "The Volt is a case study.

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