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Renault partners with Atomic Energy Commission to build batteries in France

The French half of the Renault-Nissan Alliance has reached an agreement with two partners to develop and produce lithium ion batteries in France. Renault, the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) will create a joint venture for EV batteries. The venture will address the full lifecycle of the batteries, including recycling after they have been used in vehicles. Production is slated to begin in mid-2012 in conjunction with the start of production of an electric city car at Renault's Flins plant ... Read more →

Denso wants to standardize hybrid components, make batteries Sam Abuelsamid

Japanese automotive supplier Denso wants to expands its business of selling components and systems for hybrid and electric powertrains and sees standardization as a way to get there. Toyota is Denso's ...

REPORT: Bolivia will make its own lithium-ion batteries by 2018 Sebastian Blanco

Asia and Michigan, watch out. It's a long-term goal, but Bolivia is looking to capitalize on its large in-ground lithium supply by producing li-ion batteries by 2018. While lithium might not ever be ...

Mitsubishi Fuso delivers hybrid trucks in Europe, getting lithium batteries from SK Energy Sam Abuelsamid

Mitsubishi Fuso is moving full speed ahead in the hybrid truck market. The Japanese truck maker that is 85 percent owned by Daimler recently made the first deliveries of its Canter EcoHybrid in ...

LG Chem to Build $300-Million Advanced EV Battery Plant in Michigan Sam Abuelsamid

A new report is indicating that LG Chem is moving forward with plans to be build a $300 million advanced battery plant in southwest Michigan in the near future. The plant will be used to build ...

GM and Toyota agree: gas, battery prices defining parameters for plug-in acceptance 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

GM has not been secretive about how important gas prices in late 2010 will be on the price of the Chevy Volt. During a webchat this week, GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said again that higher gas prices are needed for the Volt to become "generalized." Specifically, he said: The Volt technology is ...

Samsung and Bosch to put $409 million into SB LiMotive battery plant 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

The economics of electric vehicles and end-of-life battery use 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Why does (ok, ok, might) the Chevy Volt cost around $40,000? The main reason the car will cost so much more than a comparable sedan is the 16 kWh lithium ion battery pack running down the floor of the cabin. The exact price of that pack is still a GM secret, but it's probably in the ...

Magnetti Marelli signs deal for development and production of batteries 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Magneti Marelli has just signed a deal with Italian battery maker FAAM SpA to cooperate on development and production of lithium ion batteries. Marelli is a parts-making subsidiary of Fiat and the batteries are being developed for use in transportation applications. In addition to its Italian ...

Lithium supplies enough for two million vehicles by 2015, easy, expert says 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan was clear from the unveiling of the Leaf EV that the battery would be a 24 kWh lithium ion pack. They've now said that each pack will require about 4kg of lithium (metal equivalent*). This new number gave an analyst over at GL Groups a chance to crunch some numbers and see if any of the ...

Japanese companies plan to start recycling used automotive lithium ion batteries 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to a report from the Nikkei in Japan (via Hybrid Cars), Nippon Mining & Metals Co. and GS Yuasa Corp. are each planning to begin collecting used lithium ion batteries from hybrid and electric cars to be recycled. Apparently, it's not exactly a straightforward process to extract and ...

REPORT: Lithium ion batteries could be banned from airplanes 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Some of the largest pieces of the puzzle that need to be expanded before electric cars are seriously ready to take the place of gas-powered cars and trucks in the majority of driveways around the world have to do with batteries. The latest technology that offers a glimmer of hope for the future ...

Toyota, University of Tohoku improve lithium-ion batteries ten-fold (in the lab) 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

2009 Toyota FT-EV Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Toyota and the University of Tohoku have announced the development of a new technology that is able to boost the capacity of lithium-ion batteries. What's this new improvement all about? Current lithium-ion batteries are usually ...

Report: Toyota could go to Sanyo for lithium ion batteries 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

For the first time, Toyota may be looking beyond Panasonic EV Energy Company for batteries for its hybrid vehicles. The automaker is reportedly planning to buy lithium ion batteries from Sanyo for upcoming hybrids beginning in 2011. High demand in Japan and elsewhere for its hybrid models is ...

When economies of scale don't work: could OPEC model lead lithium producers to keep prices high? 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

If there's one repeated refrain we hear about the high price of advanced lithium batteries that are needed for the mass adoption of pure electric cars, it's that economies of scale will one day make the packs reasonably affordable. This seems a likely scenario, but is it inevitable? A paragraph in a ...

Toxco gets $9.5 million DOE grant for battery recycling 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

With lithium ion batteries expected to play an ever increasing role in future transportation, the problem of dealing with the batteries at end of life is now starting to come to the fore. Multiple battery companies are planning on building manufacturing facilities in the U.S. in the next few ...

Electrovaya gets $16.7 million investment from Ontario government 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's not just the US government that is handing out money to companies involved in advanced battery development. The government of Ontario has decided to put up to $16.7 million into Electrovaya. The company is based in Mississauga, just west of Toronto. The money will be used to further the ...

Officially, official: GM lithium ion battery plant goes to Brownstown Township, MI 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

As was speculated several weeks ago, General Motors announced this morning that it will build a factory to manufacture lithium ion battery packs in Brownstown Township south of Detroit. The plant will produce the packs for the Chevrolet Volt and other upcoming vehicles using the Voltec powertrain. ...

Why did the U.S. grant $2.4 billion for batteries? Independence 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The trick to dominating technology in the new automotive reality – the one that won't be based on liquid fuels, especially not petroleum – lies in the batteries. We've already heard the phrase "the Saudi Arabia of plug-in cars" bandied about and some national security folks are ...

Vinod Khosla stands by lithium ion batteries are "overhyped" statement; sees money to be made 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sun Microsystems founder Vinod Khosla has not been shy about making his bets on the automotive future known. Wherever there has been an opportunity to invest in or promote advanced ethanol, it seems Khosla was there, giving it at least a cursory look (see, for example, Coskata, which GM also ...

Chevy Volt battery plant location to be announced this week 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, then-CEO Rick Wagoner announced that General Motors would be building the battery packs for the Chevy Volt at a new plant to be located somewhere in Michigan. At the time, no one from the company would admit where the plant would be located although it ...

Ener1 to supply batteries for Volvo PHEV, what about Th!nk? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volvo is building several plug-in hybrid prototypes of its V70 station wagon to begin field tests this fall in Europe. The cars are using lithium ion battery packs that will be supplied by Indiana-based Ener1. The 11.3 kWh packs will provide 31 miles of electric driving range through the rear ...

Automotive Energy Supply Corp starts pilot production of batteries 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation has kicked off pilot production of lithium ion batteries. For those who have not been paying enough attention, AESC is the joint venture between Nissan and NEC that is developing batteries for electric and hybrid batteries. The first AESC production line is ...

Report: GM to locate Volt battery plant in Brownstown Twp, MI 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, GM's former CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the automaker would be building its own battery packs for the upcoming Chevrolet Volt using lithium ion cells produced by LG Chem. The pack manufacturing would take place at a new facility in southeast ...

Hybrid Volvo buses and trucks to use Magna Steyr batteries, A123 cells 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like Ford won't be the only company getting lithium ion battery packs from Magna International. The Magna Steyr division of the supplier announced last week that it will begin production of packs at its plant in Graz, Austria next month. The packs will be supplied to Volvo for use in its ...

Continental gets innovation prize for its new production lithium battery 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Continental Automotive has won an Intelligence for Traffic and Logistics prize from the Center for Transportation & Logistics Neuer Adler e.V. (CNA) in Nüremberg,Germany for its new lithium ion battery. The council decided to give Continental the prize for being the first company to start ...

Nissan to spend $1 billion on U.S. battery plant, 4 more plants in Europe 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan was one of the three recipients in the first round of low interest loans through the U.S. Department of Energy's ATVM program along with Ford and Tesla. Nissan will be getting $1.6 billion from the program that will be used to re-tool part of its Smyrna, Tennessee factory to build ...

Evonik-Daimler Li-Ion battery JV to build factory this fall, applications in 2012 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The next stage of Daimler's efforts to electrify road vehicles will start moving ahead this fall when construction begins on a new battery plant. The plant will be part of the joint venture announced last fall between Daimler and Evonik to develop and produce advanced lithium ion batteries. The ...

Hitachi to multiply lithium battery production by a factor of 70! 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

By fall 2010, Hitachi plans increase its production capacity for lithium ion batteries by 600 percent in the first phase of a major expansion. Hitachi will be supplying the batteries for General Motor's second-generation mild hybrid system that debuts late next year for 2011 model year vehicles. GM ...

REPORT: S. Korea targeting Japanese li-ion products 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The long-simmering confrontation between South Korea and Japan has affected all sorts of relationships between the two countries. While mostly peaceful over the last few decades, there remains some bad blood between the two countries. A new rule that the South Korean government will soon ...

LG Chem starts construction of new battery plant in South Korea 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

South Korean battery maker LG Chem is getting prepared to supply lithium ion cells General Motors for production of the Chevrolet Volt by building a new cell manufacturing facility. The company broke ground for the new plant in Cheongwon earlier this week and the facility is expected to be running ...

Coda Automotive announces U.S. battery joint venture 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

When we spoke with Coda Automotive's marketing director Kara Saltness a few weeks before the unveiling of the new electric sedan, she mentioned that although Lishen would be providing the batteries for the car, Coda was looking at other options as well. Saltness mentioned a possible U.S. ...

Boston Power plans manufacturing facility for Massachusetts, seeks DOE dollars 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The battery makers vying for dollars from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Electric Drive Vehicle Battery & Component Manufacturing Initiative just got a little more competition. Boston Power has announced plans to build an advanced lithium ion battery plant in Massachusetts and is seeking $100 ...

Valence Technologies applies for $255 DOE grant to build batteries 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Battery manufacturer Valence Technology has big plans to expand its manufacturing capacity. To help pay for the investment, the Austin, Texas-based company has applied for a $225 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing ...

Silicon infused electrodes could double lithium ion current capacity 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Dow Corning Toray has developed a new process for infusing carbon electrodes with silicon to help increase the current capacity of lithium ion batteries. While researchers have been working with silicon for some time, the results have been limited. The problem has been evenly distributing the ...

Ferdinand Porsche Award goes to lithium battery researchers 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

This year's "Professor Ferdinand Porsche Award" has gone to Dipl. Eng. Michael Keller from Temic Automotive Electric Motors GmbH, Berlin, and Prof. Herbert Kohler from Daimler AG, Stuttgart. The pair won the €50,000 prize for their work on lithium ion batteries for automotive applications. ...

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