Cobasys backing away from GM's faulty battery story
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The other day, we found out that GM was having problems with the Cobasys batteries in the automaker's mild hybrid vehicles. The hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Vue and Saturn Aura are affected and around 9,000 batteries were recalled and replaced. At least, that's how GM explained it. According to a post over on HybridCars, Cobasys revealed that "a lot" of the information in the way GM told the battery problem story "it is not correct." According to HybridCars, the Cobasys executive "declined to elaborate further." Even so, we have our own questions in to GM and Cobasys to get their responses. Stay tuned.
[Source: HybridCars]
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Lad 12:13AM (6/05/2008)
Cobasys; isn't that the front company for Chevron/Mobile that's famious for supressing development of large format NiMH batteries for hybrids?
Hard to believe GM and Cobasys don't agree on everything!
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Sasparilla 1:28PM (6/05/2008)
(Cobasys; isn't that the front company for Chevron/Mobile that's famious for supressing development of large format NiMH batteries for hybrids?)
It is, its the partnership company that is leftover after GM sold its NiMH partnership(patents & partnership) to Texaco (which was bought by Chevron) after killing the EV1 and buying Hummer. Texaco/Cheveron gets to okay ever single sale/license of transportation use NiMH batteries by Cobasys.
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