11-12-21 GM s Volt Battery Fires Threaten Moon Shot
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1 When General Motors Co. (GM) announced plans in June 2008 to build the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid executives called it a moon shot intended to rocket past Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) in technology leadership. Now the car is a flash-point for concern.
11-12-06 GM may redesign Volt battery CEO says
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1 NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co may redesign the battery for its Chevrolet Volt to address issues raised after federal officials opened a safety probe into the plug-in electric car GM's chief executive said on Thursday. "We want to assure the safety of our customers of our buyers and so ...
10-10-21 Why carmakers say no to battery-swapping
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1 Automotive News reports on why automakers are not buying into Better Place's business model.
10-06-13 Nissan Builds U.S. Battery Plant Anticipating Electric-Car Boom
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1 May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. began building a battery factory next to its main North American auto-assembly plant as Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn predicts U.S. demand for electric vehicles will surge.
10-06-07 Battery embedded in circuit board demonstrated at Tokyo exhibition
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1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Looking to the future of powering mobile devices Japanese company Oki Printed Circuits recently demonstrated a prototype of a 0.8-mm-thick printed circuit board embedded with a 170-m-thick rechargeable all-solid-state Lithium-ion battery. The prototype was on display at the JPC ...