LithiumIonBatteries


Officially Official: GM lithium ion battery plant goes to Brownstown Twp, MI

As was speculated several weeks ago, General Motors announced this morning that it will build a factory to manufacture lithium ion battery packs in Brownstown Township south of Detroit. The plant will produce the packs for the Chevrolet Volt and other upcoming vehicles using the Voltec powertrain. It will not, however, build the packs for the Buick plug-in hybrid crossover that debuts in 2011. Those will be built in a separate facility by LG Chem subsidiary Compact Power Inc. From the Brownstown plant, GM will truck the batteries 20 ... Read more →

New lithium-ion process could lead to super fast charging, but still needs BIG pipe Sam Abuelsamid

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been researching where the bottlenecks are inside lithium-ion batteries that limit charging and discharging rates, and they've learned ...

LA Preview: 204-hp lithium battery-powered MINI E revealed! Sam Abuelsamid

BMW has finally unleashed some information and photos of the much anticipated MINI E set to debut next month at the LA Auto Show. For those who haven't been paying attention, late last spring BMW ...

Warren Buffet recharges his batteries with investment in BYD Jonathon Ramsey

Chinese battery manufacturer BYD can now be mentioned in the same breath as Goldman Sachs: both have recently been given the blue-chip imprimatur by U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffet. The ...

VIDEO: 2011 Chevy Volt being driven! Chris Shunk

GM celebrated its 100th anniversary by unleashing the production 2011 Chevy Volt to the world. It was a great way to show that the General is working hard on innovative transportation to kick off ...






Autoblog Podcast #152: Paukert Enhanced!

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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