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SURVEY SAYS: 88% of Americans believe hybrid leadership is crucial to U.S. - Do you?

We Americans want hybrid leadership. We want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Trouble is, most of us aren't willing to pay for it. Johnson Controls surveyed 2,309 adults on all matters hybrid, and it found that 84% of Americans believe the government should support the advancement of hybrid technology and fully 88% believe hybrid leadership is crucial to America's future. But the devil is in the details, and few things bring out the worst in people more than money. The survey asked whether car buyers would expect to pay more, less, or ... Read more →

Johnson Controls boss confident in li-ion tech, worries about supply base Sam Abuelsamid

Michael Andrews, director-government affairs at Johnson Controls, is like most in the auto industry: he now believes that lithium ion battery technology will prove to be technologically viable. ...

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 ...

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 ...

BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid to use batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Johnson Controls: electric cars will eventually win out 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Electric. Hybrid. Plug-in Hybrid, clean diesel and hydrogen fuel cells. With so many differing types of green technology fighting for the chance to lure the green from your pocketbook, you may wonder which of these fuel-saving technologies will end up the winner. Well, that depends on who you ask. ...

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 ...

Detroit Auto Show: Seat cushions partially made with soybean oil coming in spring 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The volatile cost of petroleum is forcing automotive suppliers to consider renewable fuels in their manufacturing processes. Should the price of oil skyrocket to $100 a barrel, then suppliers would need alternative sources of petroleum to make plastics and other materials found in today's vehicles. ...

U.S. automakers and Johnson Controls to jointly produce hybrid vehicle batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Today, most hybrid vehicles are sold with batteries designed and manufactured in Japan. Toyota gets most of its batteries from a joint venture with Panasonic, which also supplies batteries to Honda for its Civic hybrid. Sanyo provides the batteries for the Ford Escape hybrid and its variants, as ...

Building a better battery 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If hybrids, especially American-built hybrids, are to succeed, then battery technology must improve. To that end, Detroit automakers are investing in Johnson Controls to develop a lighter, less expensive hybrid battery. Tentative delivery is 2010 and the goal is to compete with top-selling Japanese ...

Big 3 boost JCI's li-ion battery project 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In January, Johnson Controls Inc (JCI) and Saft Advanced Power Solutions, a Paris-based battery company, combined efforts in a joint venture (JCS) to further the development of lithium-ion batteries for vehicle applications. Last month, the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium, an umbrella organization ...

The hidden joys of the recent EV announcements 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen reader David sent us a link to his post (at least, I believe it's his own) on the hidden joys of upcoming EVs we all will benefit from. In some cases, the "future" EV is coming soon, and David has a positive reaction to recent announcements of the Tesla Roadster EV and the Smart EV ...


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