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Samsung and Bosch to put $409 million into SB LiMotive battery plant

SB Li Motive, the Bosch Samsung lithium ion battery joint venture, has announced that it will put $409 million into its manufacturing facilities over the next five years. The company has big plans, hoping to grab nearly a third of the automotive battery market by mid-decade. Bosch is the biggest automotive supplier in the world and produces parts for almost every automaker. However, SB LiMotive is competing with quite a few companies in the lithium battery space, many of which are partnered with automakers such as Panasonic EV Energy ... Read more →

Despite lithium battery investments, Bosch still bullish on diesel Sam Abuelsamid

While most of the hype for light duty diesel engines in America of the past two years has died down in favor of plug-in vehicles, not everyone has given up compression ignition. Top of the list ...

SB LiMotive to supply batteries for BMW Megacity electric car Jeremy Korzeniewski

BMW is one step closer to getting its upcoming Megacity electric vehicle on the road. According to the German automaker, SB LiMotive, a 50:50 joint venture of Bosch and Samsung SDI, has been ...

Bosch looks for more business as Chrysler starts to build Fiats Sam Abuelsamid

Bosch has long been a major supplier of many different automotive components to Fiat, and the company is hoping to leverage that association with the new Chrysler. Bosch provides a higher proportion ...

Economy prompts Bosch and Denso to disband DPF joint venture Sam Abuelsamid

Back in late 2006, two of the world's largest auto suppliers, Bosch and Denso, teamed up to create a joint venture to develop and produce diesel particulate filters. The joint venture was to build a ...

New alliance to promote diesel cars in the U.S. 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

BorgWarner and Bosch, two manufacturers of diesel components, have co-founded the U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars. This new group will promote the fuel efficiency and environmental benefits of modern diesel cars. The coalition's first announcement was to complain that gasoline is taxed at a ...

Fiat installing Bosch Stop/Start system in the 500 for 5-8% fuel reduction 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's time to add Fiat to the list of manufacturers - such as BMW, MINI and Kia - that will use Bosch Start/Stop technology. Fiat will start using this technology in the Fiat 500, initially with the 1.2-liter gasoline engine that is mated to the automanual Dualogic gearbox. This system includes a ...

Bosch improves diesel injectors factory in China 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although diesel is not supported by the Chinese government as a "green" technology, Bosch is hoping to spread some of the joy Europeans have driving new-generation diesels there. The company has upgraded a facility in China to manufacture diesel common rail systems for use in passenger vehicles, ...

Bosch-Samsung JV, SB LiMotive Co. Ltd officially starts operations 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

On Monday September 1, SB Li Motive Co. officially went into business with the goal of producing automotive grade lithium ion batteries by 2011. The company is a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI. Samsung SDI already has experience with consumer electronics batteries and Bosch will work ...

Green light for Bosch and Samsung's joint venture for battery development 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In a brief press release (which you can find pasted after the jump) Bosch and Samsung have confirmed they have received the green light from German authorities to work on their project to produce lithium-ion batteries. The joint venture, called SB LiMotive Co. Ltd., will start work next month. ...

VIDEO: Bosch engineer discusses diesel fuel system design 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the keys to making modern diesel engines so powerful and low in emissions has been high pressure common rail fuel injection systems. Vince Piacenti is a senior manager for common rail fuel systems at Bosch. The supplier has put up some vids on YouTube that discuss diesel technology, and ...

Bosch invests heavily in electric vehicle technology 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive supplier Bosch plans to invest lots of money into electric vehicle technologies, including $400 million into a joint venture with Samsung to create lithium ion batteries. The first individual cells should roll out of Bosch's doors sometime next year with complete lithium ion packs ...

Bosch CEO talks lithium ion batteries and diesels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the wake of a new lithium ion battery joint venture, Bernd Bohr, CEO of Bosch is not concerned that automakers will try to keep battery production in house. In an interview with German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, Bohr was asked about the fact that several automakers including Toyota, ...

Bosch delivers 500,000 auto start/stop starters 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

German automotive supplier Bosch has announced that it has provided nearly half a million start/stop systems for BMW and Mini since launching the system. Bosch also announced that three additional manufacturers will introduce its technology withing the next few months. If you didn't know, ...

New York Times samples the 53mpg Honda Accord diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've sampled several of the European spec diesel models from the Bosch demonstration fleet over the last year and have some more cool tests coming soon. One example that we haven't tried out is the 2007 Honda Accord. The Accord in question is the European model which is smaller than the American ...

Bosch challenging Japanese suppliers for hybrid dominance 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bosch is already the world's biggest automotive supplier and they intend to extend that dominance into the realm of hybrid vehicles. But, as a company that has prided itself on being on the bleeding edge when it comes to introducing new technology to the market, they have come relatively late to ...

Brilliance preparing a diesel powertrain for Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

This isn't the first time we've heard about a Chinese manufacturer thinking of going diesel. This time, it's Brilliance that's announcing a new powertrain. Not that this news is very brilliant (pun intended), although it is improved. The powertrain is a 1.9-liter unit designed in-house by ...

PSA pushes back diesel hybrid and moves it upmarket 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While it has looked like Peugeot would be the first company to market a mainstream passenger vehicle with a diesel hybrid powertrain, it now looks like it won't come as quickly as previously thought. PSA (parent company of Peugeot and Citroen) has been developing a diesel hybrid system in ...

Bosch ramping up for major US diesel push 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Not counting heavy duty trucks, diesel engines make up only a tiny percentage of the light duty vehicle market in the US right now. But the world's largest automotive supplier doesn't expect it to stay that way for long. Bosch is projecting that by the middle of the next decade, diesels will ...

Bosch battling obese vehicles with lighter electric actuators 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One of the things driving the ever-increasing weight of new vehicles is all the power accessories that we have. We now have power windows, power locks, power seats, power adjustable mirrors and on and on. Every one of those accessories requires an electrical actuator of some kind to operate and all ...

Bosch wants to take advantage of growing demand for hybrids 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive supplier Robert Bosch GmbH is hoping to grab a significant chunk of new business over the next decade as hybrids and diesels take up a bigger share of the automotive market. Bosch is forecasting that hybrids will take four percent of the North American market and nine percent of the ...

DOE funds Ricardo, Bosch and University of Michigan for next gen FFV 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The US Department of Energy will be providing funding to a partnership comprised of Ricardo, Bosch and the University of Michigan for research on an optimized flex-fuel engine (see related post). The team will start with an existing gasoline optimized engine that is turbocharged and direct injected. ...

Bosch chairman doesn't see hybrids making a dent in CO2 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Robert Bosch GmbH is the largest automotive supplier in the world and the Chairman of their automotive group Dr. Bernd Bohr doesn't see much of a future for hybrids, at least in Europe. Bohr projects that by 2015 less five percent of cars sold in Europe will be hybrids. He doesn't think hybrids of ...

Bosch carbon dioxide sensor saves fuel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the 1970s, Bosch created the first automotive oxygen sensor that when incorporated into closed loop emission control systems helped to dramatically reduce vehicle emissions. Now Bosch has created a new carbon dioxide sensor for use in climate control systems inside the car. By measuring the CO2 ...

Bosch introduces new start-stop system 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the Geneva Motor Show this week a number of car-makers, including BMW, Daihatsu, Lotus and others, either showed or talked about cars equipped with start-stop systems to help improve fuel economy and emissions. Basically, the idea of start-stop is give some of the benefit of a hybrid at minimal ...

BMW will use the Bosch start-stop system on updated 1-series 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Starting this month Robert Bosch GmbH will begin supplying a new start-stop system to BMW for installation on the updated 1-series. BMW will be selling a variety of efficiency enhancing technologies under the brand EfficientDynamics, that will be standard on the 1-series and include the start-stop ...

Suppliers pushing competing diesel injector types to clean up diesels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the ongoing effort to clean up diesel engine emissions, fuel system suppliers are pushing competing fuel injector technologies. Siemens VDO, Robert Bosch GmbH and Magneti Marelli are all developing piezo technology, while Delphi claims it can improve conventional electro-magnetic solenoids to the ...

BMW not interested in BLUETEC 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While VW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and even Jeep will market diesel vehicles with BLUETEC technology in the U.S. soon, BMW will go its own way. BMW wants to develop a urea-based technology to reduce NOx before making a sustained push here with diesel products. The company already offers a number of ...

Bosch and Denso hookup to produce diesel particulate filters 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The two largest automotive suppliers in the world, Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH and Japan's Denso Corp. have agreed to a new joint venture. The companies will team up to develop and manufacture particulate filters for diesel engines. The new company will be established somewhere in Eastern Europe ...

Key emissions component turns 30 years old 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Computers, software and fuel injectors can take most of the credit in lowering tailpipe emissions over the past three decades, but the oxygen sensor is the key that allows the other components to do their job properly. The Robert Bosch Corp. pioneered the O2 sensor, starting with its first OEM ...

Bosch sees diesel market to triple in U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Bosch is celebrating its 100th anniversary but hidden in a company news release was a statement from Peter Marks, Bosch's chief for the Americas, that the company expects diesel engines to triple their share of the market. "We expect diesel's share of passenger cars and light trucks to rise from 5 ...


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