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More details on Ford partner's lithium-ion battery plant in Michigan

Ford's battery partner, Johnson Controls-Saft, recently announced plans to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Holland, Michigan. The batteries will power Ford's upcoming all-EV and plug-in hybrid models: the pure battery electric Transit Connect commercial van in 2010, an EV passenger car developed jointly with Magna International by 2011 and a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and next-generation hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) by 2012. Jonhson Controls-Saft received a combination of tax credits and incentives from the state of Michigan ... Read more →

Ford picks Johnson Controls Saft for PHEV batteries, adds 7 utility partners to test program Sam Abuelsamid

Ford has announced that when it starts building its first series production plug-in hybrid in 2012, the lithium ion battery packs will be supplied by Johnson Controls-Saft. JCS has already been ...

JCI-Saft to produce Li-Ion packs for Azure Dynamics hybrid vans Sam Abuelsamid

Azure Dynamics has been making hybrid-powered commercial vans for some time now using nickel metal hydride batteries. Johnson Controls - Saft has just won a deal to supply up to 20,000 lithium ion ...

Detroit 2009: Johnson Controls shows off re3 concept Jeremy Korzeniewski

Johnson Controls is a name familiar to many in the automotive world as a Tier 1 supplier of parts - usually interior bits like seats and electronic gadgetry - to automakers all over the world. In ...

Lithium ion battery easily achieves 180,000 miles in testing Domenick Yoney

While it's true that we have posted before about extraordinary performances turned in by the batteries of Altairnano before, in light of the recent claim by AFS Trinity that lithium ion batteries in ...

BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid to use batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BMW's upcoming 7 Series ActiveHybrid (where do they come up with these names, anyway?) will use a 120 volt lithium ion battery pack that will be supplied by Johnson Controls-Saft. That battery will be assembled at the Johnson Controls-Saft production facility in Nersac, France. BMW will place the ...

Johnson Controls-Saft get $8.2m for batteries, calls money-givers ignorant 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Johnson Controls-Saft has been awarded a contract worth some $8.2 million for the development of lithium ion batteries and the associated system that goes into making them an automotive-ready pack. The goal is to find out how feasible the planned push for PHEVs really is. According to Mary Ann ...

Frankfurt 2007: More on the Mercedes hybrid using lithium batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In our reports on the Mercedes-Benz S400 and S300 Bluetech hybrids we mentioned that the cars use a lithium ion battery. Both of these cars, as well as the C-Class hybrid that Mercedes is displaying at the Frankfurt Motor Show, use a new mild hybrid system. The mild hybrid system was co-developed ...


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