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0Official: Hyundai offers 'lifetime battery replacement guarantee' for Sonata Hybrid 1326286320
Hyundai is complementing its standard 10-year, 100,000-mile warranty by adding a "lifetime battery replacement guarantee" for the Sonata Hybrid, the only hybrid the South Korean automaker sells. Hyundai said Monday that, in the event of breakdown of the Sonata Hybrid's lithium polymer battery, ...
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Report: Chevy Volt update: Congress wants more; others notice shift to nanophosphate li-ion cells 1323436020
The heat is rising and the cause isn't a crashed battery pack catching on fire. As part of the hearing by a U.S. House's subcommittee hearing on the Chevrolet Volt's post-crash fire at a NHTSA test facility earlier this year, three Republicans have sent a letter to General Motors CEO Dan Akerson ...
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General Motors and LG Group to jointly develop future electric vehicles 1314312960
General Motors and LG Group (the massive South Korean conglomerate that owns LG Chem) will expand the batteries-for-vehicles relationship they've had for the past several years. LG supplies the cells used in the Chevrolet Volt's battery pack and also worked with GM on a demonstration fleet of ...
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Lux Research ranks LG Chem tops in lithium-ion battery industry 1312043820
Chevrolet Volt battery pack – Click above for high-res image galleryIn its latest report, Lux Research ranks lithium-ion battery manufacturers and makers of ultracapacitors on its Lux Innovation Grid, a proprietary framework that supposedly assesses the relative performance of companies, ... -
LG Chem awarded $9.62 million to drive down cost of plug-in hybrid battery packs 1311774780
The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) – a research collaboration between Chrysler, Ford and General Motors – has awarded LG Chem Power a $9.62-million development contract to focus on reducing the cost of lithium-ion battery packs for plug-in hybrid vehicles with 40 ...
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LG Chem completes construction of world's largest (?) automotive battery plant 1302699300
Last week, South Korea's LG Chem completed construction of what it hails as the world's largest automotive battery plant. The company says that its factory in Ochang, South Korea has sufficient capacity to pump out lithium-ion battery packs for up to 100,000 plug-in hybrid and electric ... -
LG Chem named Corporation of the Year by General Motors 1300223400
General Motors has named LG Chem, the firm that manufactures the lithium-ion cells that partially power the automaker's plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, its 2010 Corporation of Year. GM also selected 82 companies from aroud the world to receive the automaker's 2010 Supplier of the Year award, ...
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LG Chem signs lithium-ion battery deal with China's Changan Auto 1295010060
Early last month, China's Changan Auto reportedly pulled the plug on its hybrid Jiexun. The cancellation was claimed to have stemmed from the hybrid's abysmal sales. Therefore, it came as somewhat of a surprise to discover that on Tuesday, Changan and LG Chem, a South Korean chemicals company, ...
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MI Gov. Granholm outlines LG Chem's plans to build electrolyte production plant 1289509320
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently announced that LG Chem will expand the state's lithium-ion supply chain by constructing an electrolyte production facility alongside the battery maker's $303-million facility in Holland, MI. The 600,000 square-foot battery cell plant is already under ...
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LG Chem charms over Renault, agrees to largest lithium-ion deal to date 1286233320
2011 Renault Twizy – Click above for high-res image galleryLG Chem has signed a massive lithium-ion battery supply agreement with Renault. Indeed, this deal is so big that LG Chem company spokesman Song Choong-sup stated, "Considering the expected production volume of Renault's electric ...
