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Ener1 has half-dozen electric vehicle, PHEV announcements up its sleeve

Ener1 has a long-standing partnership with Think and, earlier this year, announced it would work with Nissan on plug-in vehicles. During a conference call to discuss third quarter earnings, Charles Gassenheimer, Ener1's chairman and chief executive officer, said that U.S. automakers are "finally" starting to get into the plug-in spirit. Hinting that big things are in store for his company, Gassenheimer said, "I think the next five or six announcements we're going to make are all on the PHEV, EV side." This isn't a total surprise – ... Read more →

Out of bankruptcy, Think announces new Board of Directors Sebastian Blanco

Electric vehicle maker Think announced a new Board of Directors today, bringing together some of the people who guided the once-troubled automaker through its recent bankruptcy. The new board will ...

Putin's pal's ownership stake raises questions about Ener1 DOE loan Domenick Yoney

Aside from the environmental argument for moving away from imported fuels toward electric-powered transportation, the case is often made that energy independence is important for national security. ...

Think hints that Norwegian government aid might be coming after all Sebastian Blanco

The Th!nk story is moving fast. To read what's been happening with a possible Th!nk bankruptcy and/or bailout, click here, work your way up from the bottom of the page, then come back. OK. All ...

Ener1: Think's possible bankruptcy not a problem. Yet Sebastian Blanco

After the news yesterday that Norwegian electric car maker Th!nk could go out of business, we wondered how EnerDel was taking the news. To find out, we called Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and ...

EDTA 2008: EnerDel's Th!nk City 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the back corner of the EDTA Conference last week was the EnerDel booth featuring the prototype Th!nk City with EnerDel's lithium battery pack. We chatted with Ener1 Chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer about the car, the battery packs and the future (Ener1 owns EnerDel). Gassenheimer told ...

Ener sells batteries to major Euro auto maker and Tier 1 OEM 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There may be a lot of people wearing frowns in corporate America today but we are happy to report such is not the case over at lithium ion battery maker, Ener1. Their 3rd quarter conference call seemed to have only two kinds of news; good and gooder more good. Example? They have doubled the revenue ...

Ener1 get factory, engineering help with acquisition of Enertech Intl 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ener1, the company behind Th!nk battery supplier, Enerdel, has just bought an 83 per cent majority stake of conveniently-named Enertech International. The South Korean lithium-ion battery maker was part of the Saehan Group, which was spun out of the Samsung Group. The company has a facility in ...

Ener1: Lithium ion battery prices may be cut in half 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just the other day we were asking ourselves if the price of the most expensive component of electric cars, the lithium ion batteries, will ever come down. As if to answer our query Charles Gassenheimer, Chief Executive over at battery maker Ener1, has come back with the answer we hoped to hear. ...

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