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Electrification Coalition sees plug-ins making up 25 percent of market by 2020

A new Electrification Coalition was announced today with the backing of the CEOs from twelve companies. What's interesting about this group is that, among the leaders from electric vehicles companies and related start-ups – Coda Automotive, Coulomb Technolgies, A123 Systems, etc. – we find Nissan's Carlos Ghosn. Nissan is the only major OEM to participate in this coalition, which will promote "policies and actions that will facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, ... Read more →

A123 Systems partners with IHI to sell lithium batteries in Japan Sam Abuelsamid

A123 Systems has garnered plenty of attention for its lithium ion battery technology over the last several years, mostly here in the United States. The Massachusetts-based startup has now formed a ...

A123 Systems goes public, stock jumps 50% on first day to $20.29 Sam Abuelsamid

Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 Systems finally completed its initial public offering on Thursday. The lithium ion start-up offered 28,180,501 shares of its common stock at an opening price of ...

Obama announces battery grants: Big Three, Michigan, li-ion companies come out winners Sebastian Blanco

At the closed and then re-openend Monaco Recreational Vehicle plant in Indiana today, President Obama will announce exactly how $2.4 billion in Recovery Act grant money will be spent on advanced ...

Hybrid Volvo buses and trucks to use Magna Steyr batteries, A123 cells Sam Abuelsamid

It looks like Ford won't be the only company getting lithium ion battery packs from Magna International. The Magna Steyr division of the supplier announced last week that it will begin production of ...

DOE announces $11 million in battery vehicle awards 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The fate of eleven million dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the "development of advanced batteries for electric drive vehicles" was announced today. The companies that will get some of the investment money include: A123Systems, Inc. (up to $1.1 million) "to develop a ...

REPORT: 115 Plug-in Priuses fail to crack 50 mpg average in year-long test 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Consumer Reports tested out the Hymotion L5 plug-in Toyota Prius conversion earlier this year, they weren't overwhelmed with the results. Sure, the mileage they observed was boosted to about 67 mpg over the first 35 miles of the drive, but that didn't match the claims of 100 mpg (or more) that ...

New investments by GE and others net A123 Systems another $69 million 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the closing of the latest round of private fund raising, Massachusetts-based A123 Systems now has an extra $69 million in the bank. General Electric put up $15 million of that amount, bringing its ownership stake in the advanced battery startup to more than 10 percent, the single largest ...

A123 will build battery plant in Michigan regardless of status of federal loans 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this week, Chrysler confirmed it would be using battery packs supplied by A123, an American company that specializes in high-tech lithium ion battery technology, to power future electric vehicles as part of its ENVI program. To make this deal work out, A123 will build an assembly plant ...

Chrysler to use A123 cells in its electric vehicles 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Chrysler has just announced that it has signed an official agreement to use battery packs from A123 in its planned electric vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles. This isn't a shocking revelation by any means, considering that the ENVI vehicles have been fitted with cells from A123 all ...

Delphi to supply mild hybrid hardware to SAIC in China 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Tier 1 auto parts supplier Delphi, which emerged as an offshoot of General Motors over a decade ago, has announced that it will supply hybrid powertrain components to Chinese automaker Shanghai Auto, better known as SAIC. This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, considering that SAIC is GM's ...

A123 applies for $1.84 billion in DOE loans for battery manufacturing 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

A123 Systems announced today that it has applied for $1.84 billion in loans from the Department of Energy to help contribute to the $2.3 billion required to pay for the construction of battery plants in the United States. In what should be good news for Michigan, the first of the facilities A123 is ...

Possible reasons A123 lost the Chevy Volt contract 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we reported a few months back, all signs point to Compact Power, a subsidiary of LG Chem, being awarded the big initial battery contract for the upcoming Chevy Volt. Why? There are some obvious reasons, including that Compact Power was able to get its battery packs to the General a full two ...

Popular Mechanics tries out the A123/Hymotion PHEV Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At least a few dozen people around the country have now done one-off conversions of hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape to transform them into plug-in vehicles. For those who may not have the hardware hacker gene in their DNA, the first commercially available plug-in conversion kit is now ...

VIDEO: Killacycle sets new record, takes back crown 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The A123-powered Killacycle crew are at it again and this time it's for keepsies. Although they've been making similarly speedy runs down the quarter-mile strip for some time, on the 23rd of October at the Bandimere Speedway they dotted their i's and crossed their t's to set an official Nedra ...

A123 Systems may supply batteries for Chrysler ER-EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Most of the rumors in recent months have indicated that LG Chem/CPI have the upper hand and are likely to be chosen by General Motors to supply the lithium ion battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt. However, there are plenty of electric drive vehicle projects out there and just because A123 systems ...

Lutz says a Volt battery supplier selected, won't say who 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At a preview of GM's 2009 model year lineup yesterday in Jolliet IL, Bob Lutz revealed that the production supplier for the Chevy Volt battery has been selected. Unfortunately, the GM Vice Chairman would not say which of the development suppliers had been selected. Two partnerships have been ...

Is A123 Systems losing Black and Decker before its IPO? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just last week we found out that lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems had filed the first batch of paperwork required for it to make an initial public stock sale. Having tried to read through a few of these kinds of filings in the past, we took a pass this time around. Fortunately our friends at ...

A123 Systems files for initial public offering 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Many of you who have been pestering us in the comments for the past couple of years about wanting to invest in A123 Systems and you may now have your chance. A123 is the Massachusetts based company that has developed a lithium ion battery chemistry based on nano particle iron phosphate. A123 has two ...

A123 Systems gets $12.5 million PHEV battery deal from USABC 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A123 Systems has just earned yet another development contract for developing lithium ion cells for plug-in hybrid applications. The US Advanced Battery Consortium and the Department of Energy have awarded a $12.5 million, 36 month contract to A123. The company has already been working on several ...

A123: History and Progress 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Upstart lithium battery maker A123 is a lesson in how fast things can move in the battery space. The MIT Technology Review has a story, An Electrifying Startup, in its May/June issue recounting the tale. Founded in late 2001, small amounts of funding lead to technological breakthroughs by ...

Hymotion launching Prius plug-in conversion kits 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

All you Prius owners out there who have been waiting patiently to to start running on grid power can almost stop holding your breath. Hymotion, the company that has been developing a plug-in kit for the Prius, has now started taking deposits for the L5 conversion kit. The kit costs $9,995 plus $400 ...

Lutz: Volt Battery supply deal a "horse race," finish line moved. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In commenting on the battle royal taking place on the testing benches at GM between two contending battery suppliers, "Maximum" Bob Lutz said Tuesday it was a "horse race. An apt analogy in a sense because the two teams, Continental Automotive Systems, using cells from A123 Systems Inc., and ...

GE sees the electric car light, invests in Th!nk and A123 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just as I thought I was recovering from the shock of the new Th!nk Ox concept announcement, today's press release from GE made me feel like I was caught up in a Ronco commercial, "But wait, there's more!" No, GE is not getting into Super Bass o' Matics. It sights are set on no less than the "global ...

Continental/A123 battery pack not turning up till after the holidays 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Our friend Lyle over GM-Volt.com has a couple of new stories up that deserve a little clarification. For those unfamiliar with the site, it's content is pretty self explanatory from the title. There is usually a pretty lively discussion going on there regarding the most anticipated new car from ...

EVS23 videos: Ener1's lithium-ion Prius, details on Killacycle crash 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Electric car advocate and vlogger Doug Korthof has posted several videos from EVS23, including the video above, which is a look at Ener1's lithium-ion Prius. Doug asked Ener1 fairly technical questions, so if you are interested in things like the top of the discharge curve, the above video is just ...

NYT: normal, affordable electric cars don't exist 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Normal_affordable_electric_cars_don_t_exist'; Sunday's New York Times has an article about the complete lack of a normal electric car the average person can afford. There are smaller vehicles you can buy and you can search Ebay for a good conversion or a ...

KillaCycle takes off, crashes into parked minivan; Bill Dube OK 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Since we have brought you past news on Bill Dube's KillaCycle, we thought that you might like to know that the owner/builder of the machine (and not the normal rider!) is all right after a crash. The accident happened while Dube was giving a demonstration of the electric bike, which is capable of ...

ABG Reader Question: What does it take to charge a battery in 10 minutes? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We regularly get questions from readers asking for more detail or clarifications on the topics we write about. This morning Andrea wrote in with this question: I was wondering if you could help me out. I was reading about this new car, the Lighting, that uses NanoSafe batteries you talked about in ...

Video, Nail drilled through A123 battery 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Video_How_to_explode_a_battery'; A123 is the battery for the Chevy Volt. We live blogged that news for you. One of the selling points of the battery is safety. How safe is it? Ric Fulop and David Vieau of A123 systems gave us their answers, but look for ...

New BAE LiIon battery for buses using A123 technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

BAE Systems already provides the hybrid electric drive system for DaimlerChrysler's Orion VII buses that are operating in transit fleets around the world. The company has just announced their next-generation system that will be available in 2008 switching to lithium ion batteries. The lithium ...

Edmunds editor Karl Brauer offers a brief opinion on batteries for electric cars 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Karl Brauer, Editor in Chief at Edmund's has his own blog on the site, and in the latest installment, he highlights an electric motorcycle that I have heard about before, the Killacycle. What I did not know is that the cycle is capable of making a run to sixty from a standing stop in 1.4 seconds. ...

General Motors invites us behind the curtain: battery development details revealed 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The hybrid battery test lab at the GM Technical Center Earlier this week, General Motors invited members of the media to their Technical Center in Warren, MI, for a briefing to talk about batteries, and show off their battery development lab. The purpose of the meeting was to provide some ...

New York Times on A123Systems batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A123 Systems is getting a lot of media attention lately for their lithium ion battery developments right now and the New York Times has jumped on the bandwagon. A123 who is partnering with Cobasys was one of two companies that recently got development contracts from General Motors to supply ...

Interview with Ian Bruce, founder of Venture Vehicles, part two - safety and sales 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of 29 images of the VentureOne concept and the Carver three-wheeler. This is the second part in an interview with Ian Bruce, founder of Venture Vehicles, where he talks about safety aspects of the VentureOne concept, and projected sales growth. In the first part of ...

Interview with Ian Bruce, founder of Venture Vehicles, part one - background and design 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of 29 images of the VentureOne concept and the Carver three-wheeler. It is my pleasure to bring you a comprehensive interview with Ian Bruce, founder of Venture Vehicles and their EVP Design & Engineering. Venture Vehicles are creating the VentureOne, a new, ...

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