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Chevron drains battery planned for Mercedes ML 450 hybrid, Mercedes sues

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Chevron_subsidiary_cancels_contract_for_hybrid_batteries'; Plans for Mercedes to release the ML 450 hybrid in 2009 may very well be canceled. The maker of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries that was to provide the energy storage component for the SUV, Cobasys, seems to be refusing to begin production of the essential part. It appears the company's parent firms, Chevron (who just posted a $5.98 billion 2nd quarter profit) and Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) have "pulled funding" from the ... Read more →

Report: GM to purchase Cobasys Jeremy Korzeniewski

While the issue of the nine-thousand recalled batteries from Cobasys remains a bit murky, General Motors may be inclined to just purchase the troubled battery-maker altogether. While we're not ...

Anybody want to buy a battery company? Cobasys is for sale! Sam Abuelsamid

Just a day after announcing that they would be supplying nickel metal hydride batteries for the upcoming Chevy Malibu hybrid, Cobasys is now up for sale. Cobasys is jointly owned by Energy Conversion ...

Is it fair to compare battery inventor and hydrogen, solar advocate Stanford Ovshinsky with Thomas Edison? Mike Magda

To list all of Stanford Ovshinsky's achievements would take half the storage on our server, but few environmentalists really know of him. Fifty years ago he envisioned a hydrogen economy and is the ...

Hydrogen ICE Prius hybrid leads the way in Michigan Sebastian Blanco

One truth about the hydrogen economy (other than that it's constantly 10-20 years away) is that no one really knows what it's going to look like. All of the technology involved (hydrogen production, ...

Chevron drains battery planned for Mercedes ML 450 hybrid, Mercedes sues 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Chevron_subsidiary_cancels_contract_for_hybrid_batteries'; Plans for Mercedes to release the ML 450 hybrid in 2009 may very well be canceled. The maker of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries that was to provide the energy storage component for ...

Report: GM to purchase Cobasys 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While the issue of the nine-thousand recalled batteries from Cobasys remains a bit murky, General Motors may be inclined to just purchase the troubled battery-maker altogether. While we're not entirely sure that another money-losing operation is exactly what GM needs right about now, we can be sure ...

Anybody want to buy a battery company? Cobasys is for sale! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just a day after announcing that they would be supplying nickel metal hydride batteries for the upcoming Chevy Malibu hybrid, Cobasys is now up for sale. Cobasys is jointly owned by Energy Conversion Devices and Chevron Technology Ventures. Cobasys also has a partnership with A123 to develop ...

Is it fair to compare battery inventor and hydrogen, solar advocate Stanford Ovshinsky with Thomas Edison? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

To list all of Stanford Ovshinsky's achievements would take half the storage on our server, but few environmentalists really know of him. Fifty years ago he envisioned a hydrogen economy and is the inventor of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery that is utilized in hybrid vehicles. Many other ...

Hydrogen ICE Prius hybrid leads the way in Michigan 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

One truth about the hydrogen economy (other than that it's constantly 10-20 years away) is that no one really knows what it's going to look like. All of the technology involved (hydrogen production, fuel cells, etc.) is constantly being revamped and further developed. An article earlier this week ...


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