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Boston-Power to supply Li-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company for EVs, starting with Saab 9-5 based C70

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a provider of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells, modules and systems ( earlier post ), has entered a multi-year agreement to provide lithium-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company (BJEV), the electric vehicle delivery arm of Beijing Automotive Industry Company (BAIC). Boston-Power, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power announces $125M in new financing; focus on and support from China

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The growth capital and Chinese government incentives will be used predominantly to scale manufacturing, research and development, and business development activities in China for the company’s energy storage technology and products. Boston-Power, Inc., GSR Ventures has offices in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Reorganizing.

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Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

Plugs and Cars

GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together. At the same time, the value to the economy and environment of a major push for plug-in cars as part of the recovery hasn’t sunk in at the top. Chrysler was told to consummate with Fiat quickly or else. That would be a game changer.

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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The agreement with Jonway is part of a multi-phase business plan ZAP is implementing to target the China electric vehicle market. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. The company recently began producing electric motorcycles and related vehicles.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. percent of $1.9

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). EV share, with ~20k sold.

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