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Battery Cell Maker A123 Gets More Time To Use DoE Grant Funds
This is a tough time for lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems, but the company did get one little piece of good news yesterday. The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to lengthen the time period over which A123 can use funds from a $249.1 million grant it received from the DoE in August 2009 to...
A123 Systems To Recall Electric-Car Battery Packs For Fisker, Others
Hundreds of recalls a year get announced for gasoline cars, the vast majority completely under the radar. The high visibility of the electric-car business makes any recalls... March 26, 2012 by John Voelcker 5
How Much And How Fast Will Electric-Car Battery Costs Fall?
You hear both sides of the battery cost question a lot when you cover electric cars. One side says, "Electric-car batteries will be brutally expensive for many years to come... March 16, 2012 by John Voelcker 61
Will Old Electric-Car Battery Packs Cause Horrible Pollution?
It's an assertion that comes up a lot in comments on our stories. It goes, essentially, like this: No one recognizes the horrible pollution problems that will arrive when... March 14, 2012 by John Voelcker 10
Ener1, Owner Of Lithium Cell Firm, To Emerge From Bankruptcy
Ener1, the company that owns lithium-ion cell maker EnerDel, will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the next two weeks, according to a recent statement by the company. The... March 5, 2012 by Andrew Montiveo 4
Battery Maker A123 To Supply Cells For Tata Hybrid Buses
Lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems announced today that it would supply complete battery packs to Tata Motors, the largest vehicle maker in India, to be used in hybrid... March 1, 2012 by John Voelcker
New Battery Promises To Bring 300-Mile Electric Cars To The Masses
Here at GreenCarReports, we’re fans of all-electric cars, but even we have to admit that most electric cars on the market today suffer from the same problem: limited... February 27, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 33
Tesla Battery 'Bricking': The Real Story Behind The Scare
Late last night, a sensational blog post circulated through Silicon Valley. It claimed that several $100,000-plus Tesla Roadsters were now useless as the result of a... February 22, 2012 by John Voelcker 23
Bricking A Tesla Roadster Battery: Today's Electric Car Meme
Heard of "bricking" yet? No? You will shortly. It's the phenomenon in which the lithium-ion battery pack of an electric car that's left unplugged for a long period goes... February 22, 2012 by John Voelcker 12
Animation Shows Chevy Volt Crash Safety Updates: Video
Yesterday, General Motors announced a Customer Satisfaction Program for all assembled Chevy Volt sedans, aimed at strengthening the battery compartment to prevent coolant... January 6, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
Chevrolet To Offer Volt Modifications Against Battery Fire Risk
GM announced today that it would offer a "customer satisfaction" initiative that provides modifications to roughly 12,400 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric cars to... January 5, 2012 by John Voelcker 7
Via Motors To Use A123 Lithium-Ion Cells In Electric Trucks
Via Motors, the extended-range electric truck conversion company with GM legend Bob Lutz on its board, announced today that it would use lithium-ion cells from A123 Systems... January 5, 2012 by John Voelcker 1
GM Said To Be Close To Design For Volt Battery Pack Modification
Engineers at General Motors are close to finalizing a set of design modifications to the Chevrolet Volt battery pack to prevent later fires in packs that have been severely... December 7, 2011 by John Voelcker 6
Today's Volt Update: GM Buyback, Owners Rally, Sales Goal Unmet
Phew. Yesterday was quite a day indeed in Chevy Volt land. A bevy of news items hit the wires, following Monday's offer of loaner cars to Volt owners who weren't comfortable... December 2, 2011 by John Voelcker 10
Fisker Karma Electric-Car Production Ramps Up, But Slowly
Every carmaker ramps up production on a new vehicle slowly. So Fisker Automotive struck back at the thesis of a GigaOm article yesterday that suggested the company was... November 10, 2011 by John Voelcker
2012 Tesla Model S To Use Panasonic Lithium-Ion Battery Cells
Well, this one's not a big shock: Tesla Motors announced yesterday that its 2012 Model S electric sport sedan would use Panasonic lithium-ion cells in its battery pack... October 12, 2011 by John Voelcker 3
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