Tesla Motors Club Forum > General Forum > Technical > Battery Discussion Article: The Big Battery Race is On User Name Remember Me? Password Battery Discussion Discussion about Electric Car Batteries   LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes Article: The Big Battery Race is On 05-27-2009, 08:50 AM   #1 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,981 Article: The Big Battery Race is On The Big Battery Race is On: Can the U.S. Compete? | BNET Auto Blog | BNET   05-27-2009, 10:55 AM   #2 Kevin Harney Senior Member   Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Herndon, VA Posts: 920 This was interesting ... Quote: The much bigger Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVM) is also Energy Department-administered and was part of the federal energy bill, has $25 billion, and will reportedly start doling out loan money in the next five or six weeks.   08-06-2009, 03:40 AM   #3 malcolm Senior Member     Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,240 Winners announced: The White House - Press Office - 2.4 Billion in Grants to Accelerate the Manufacturing and Deployment of the Next Generation of US Batteries and Electric Vehicles Obama announces battery grants: Big Three, Michigan, li-ion companies come out winners — Autoblog Green   08-06-2009, 02:36 PM   #4 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,652 And more After $2.4 billion for batteries, feds give out millions for smart grid, biofuels, more — Autoblog Green Quote: Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced $347 additional million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to an assorted array of projects that aim to provide energy security for the U.S. The projects cover smart grid work, supercomputing, genomics related to bio-energy, materials science, fusion energy, integrated climate research and smart grid technologies. __________________ . . . . . . The world loves to be deceived.   09-10-2009, 02:28 PM   #5 Serge Senior Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 190 GCC: SB LiMotive to Invest $410M by 2015 in Plant for Li-ion Batteries for xEVs; Targeting 30% Market Share Competition is going to be stiff. Quote: The new plant, which will be built in the southeastern city of Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province, will produce secondary batteries used in hybrid electric vehicles from 2011 ... "The joint venture is targeting a 30 percent share in the global auto battery market by 2015," Kim Soon-taek, CEO of Samsung SDI, said. The products to be manufactured by the plant will exclusively be supplied to German automaker BMW. SDI executives said the venture sent some samples to other carmakers to expand its client base. Producers of secondary or lithium-ion batteries have a prosperous future as the auto industry moves away from the internal combustion engine. Did TM receive some of those samples?   Bookmarks del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Google « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:59 PM. Mark Forums Read | View Forum Leaders Click here to learn about advertising! Contact Us - Tesla Motors Club - Archive - Top | Home | Register | FAQ | Today's Posts | Search | New Posts |

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