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Continental buys into Enax, a Japanese battery company

The automotive li-ion battery world got a little cozier today, with the news that Continental has purchased a 16 percent stake in the Japanese "battery specialist" (Automotive News Europe's words) Enax. ANE says that the two companies will together develop "high storage batteries for automotive use." The company's official announcement on the new partnership says those batteries will be "lithium-ion cells especially for future hybrid and electric drives in automobiles" that will be safer, have a longer service life and provide better ... Read more →

Lutz confirms Chevy Volt media rides in July, GM won't name battery supplier until late 2008 Sebastian Blanco

A little over ten days ago, GM's Bob Lutz told us that the Chevy Volt would not be ready for media drives until July. While that announcement was slightly newsworthy because it signaled a small ...

Chevy Volt batteries won't be in production in 2009, 2010 still the target Sam Abuelsamid

A few days a potentially big story broke as a result of an interview that BusinessWeek did with Continental North America CEO Bill Kozyra. In that interview, Kozyra is quoted as saying that the ...

Continental CEO claims Volt batteries will in production late 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

Recently Bill Kozyra, the CEO of Continental Automotive Systems - North America, had a chat with BusinessWeek where he revealed some interesting information about the Chevy Volt. Continental has ...

Continental buys into Enax, a Japanese battery company 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The automotive li-ion battery world got a little cozier today, with the news that Continental has purchased a 16 percent stake in the Japanese "battery specialist" (Automotive News Europe's words) Enax. ANE says that the two companies will together develop "high storage batteries for automotive ...

Lutz confirms Chevy Volt media rides in July, GM won't name battery supplier until late 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A little over ten days ago, GM's Bob Lutz told us that the Chevy Volt would not be ready for media drives until July. While that announcement was slightly newsworthy because it signaled a small delay/shifting of the timeline. Whatever. The news that the lithium-ion-powered mules would still be on ...

Chevy Volt batteries won't be in production in 2009, 2010 still the target 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A few days a potentially big story broke as a result of an interview that BusinessWeek did with Continental North America CEO Bill Kozyra. In that interview, Kozyra is quoted as saying that the battery packs for the Chevy Volt would be production by late 2009. He is also quoted as saying the ...

Continental CEO claims Volt batteries will in production late 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently Bill Kozyra, the CEO of Continental Automotive Systems - North America, had a chat with BusinessWeek where he revealed some interesting information about the Chevy Volt. Continental has gotten into the battery business recently and will be supplying lithium ion batteries to Mercedes-Benz ...


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