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Wisconsin gives Johnson Controls-Saft $500,000 for hybrid battery tech

The State of Wisconsin will give Johnson Controls-Saft a half-million dollar grant to aid in the development of hybrid battery technology, it was announced yesterday. The grant is part of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's Clean Energy Wisconsin Plan, and requires Johnson Controls-Saft to invest $500,000 of its own money - I wouldn't be surprised it it goes into the company's Battery Technology Center in Milwaukee - to get the matching funds from the state. The company says it was given the grant "specifically for the advanced technology R&D ... Read more →

When it comes to hybrid batteries, it's the U.S. of dependency Sebastian Blanco

click to enlarge The Detroit Free Press' Justin Hyde has a new article out about just how reliant the Big Three are on other countries for all of their new-fangled high-tech parts, especially ...

Cobasys backing away from GM's faulty battery story Sebastian Blanco

Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery. The other day, we found out that GM was having problems with the Cobasys batteries in the automaker's mild hybrid vehicles. The hybrid versions of ...

Toyota plans 3 battery plants for hybrid vehicles Jeremy Korzeniewski

Nissan isn't the only Japanese auto manufacturer with big plans for batteries. Toyota will open two new battery plants in Japan and expand a third for the production of nickel metal hydride and ...

Sanyo will spend over $3 billion US on new battery tech in next three years Sebastian Blanco

Sanyo knows a thing or two about making batteries for vehicles. The company's batteries are in the 2008 Ford Escape hybrid and the Honda Accord hybrid, for example. The Asia Pulse reports this week ...

Wisconsin gives Johnson Controls-Saft $500,000 for hybrid battery tech 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The State of Wisconsin will give Johnson Controls-Saft a half-million dollar grant to aid in the development of hybrid battery technology, it was announced yesterday. The grant is part of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's Clean Energy Wisconsin Plan, and requires Johnson Controls-Saft to invest ...

When it comes to hybrid batteries, it's the U.S. of dependency 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge The Detroit Free Press' Justin Hyde has a new article out about just how reliant the Big Three are on other countries for all of their new-fangled high-tech parts, especially batteries for hybrid vehicles. We know that the U.S. government is funding hydrogen fuel cell and biofuel ...

Cobasys backing away from GM's faulty battery story 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery. The other day, we found out that GM was having problems with the Cobasys batteries in the automaker's mild hybrid vehicles. The hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Vue and Saturn Aura are affected and around 9,000 batteries were ...

Toyota plans 3 battery plants for hybrid vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan isn't the only Japanese auto manufacturer with big plans for batteries. Toyota will open two new battery plants in Japan and expand a third for the production of nickel metal hydride and lithium ion batteries. All of Toyota's current hybrid vehicles use the older nickel-based battery ...

Sanyo will spend over $3 billion US on new battery tech in next three years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sanyo knows a thing or two about making batteries for vehicles. The company's batteries are in the 2008 Ford Escape hybrid and the Honda Accord hybrid, for example. The Asia Pulse reports this week that the company announced that it will spend over three billion dollars over the next three years on ...


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