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U.S. may not get left behind in lithium battery manufacturing after all

When GM announced at the Detroit Auto Show in January that it would build a plant to assemble battery packs for the Chevy Volt in southeast Michigan, it was noteworthy that the cells for those packs would still be coming from South Korea. While plenty of research is happening here, as with most other industries, it seemed that all the actual manufacturing was going off shore. The combination of multiple product announcements by American automakers that include lithium batteries and $2 billion in the stimulus bill targeted directly at battery ... Read more →

A123 applies for $1.84 billion in DOE loans for battery manufacturing Sam Abuelsamid

A123 Systems announced today that it has applied for $1.84 billion in loans from the Department of Energy to help contribute to the $2.3 billion required to pay for the construction of battery plants ...

U.S. may not get left behind in lithium battery manufacturing after all 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

When GM announced at the Detroit Auto Show in January that it would build a plant to assemble battery packs for the Chevy Volt in southeast Michigan, it was noteworthy that the cells for those packs would still be coming from South Korea. While plenty of research is happening here, as with most ...

A123 applies for $1.84 billion in DOE loans for battery manufacturing 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

A123 Systems announced today that it has applied for $1.84 billion in loans from the Department of Energy to help contribute to the $2.3 billion required to pay for the construction of battery plants in the United States. In what should be good news for Michigan, the first of the facilities A123 is ...


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