The lithium-ion batteries are expected to supplant the current nickel metal hydride batteries currently in use in most hybrid electric vehicles.
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, October 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Johnson Controls-Saft will be providing lithium-ion batteries for BMW’s 7 Series ActiveHybrid car, currently being showcased at the Paris motor show. Lithium-ion batteries are 30 percent smaller and 50 percent lighter than NiMH batteries used in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) on the road today SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – It will be years before demand for hybrid cars in the United States and Europe is big enough for battery manufacturers to make money from that business, but electric cars are nevertheless poised to dominate the market for greener vehicles, the world’s largest car battery maker said on Tuesday. [...] SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 12, 2008 – The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), an organization whose members are Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, today (Aug.12) announced the award of a $8.2 million plug-in hybrid electric battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) of Milwaukee, Wis. |
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