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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. Brownstown, MI. Production of high-volume battery packs for the GM Volt. Cells will be from LG Chem, Ltd. and other cell providers to be named. Technology.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. North County Times ) 11/04/07 Toyota said that better batteries are needed to extend the cars electric-mode range -- and even the most promising prospects may not be good enough.

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