Battery maker Ener1 has reportedly fired its chief operating officer and EnerDel president, Richard Stanley. Stanley's April 8th termination was apparently disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made by Ener1 last Wednesday.
Ener1, Inc. has named Christopher Cowger, former corporate vice president and general manager for semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), as chief executive officer of its lithium-ion battery subsidiary EnerDel. Cowger was also appointed as president of Ener1.
U.S.-based Ener1 has signed a lithium-ion battery deal with China's Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. Terms of the agreement, technically a joint venture (JV) with Wanxiang holding a 60 percent stake and Ener1 40, call for both firms to co-manufacture lithium-ion cells and complete battery packs for the Chinese market.
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, Inc., has sold $25 million worth of senior unsecured notes, common stocks and warrants to raise funds to continue expanding its U.S. production capabilities. Ener1 will combines the $25 million with money received under a federal stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support its ambitious goal of substantially increasing its annual output of lithium-ion batteries.
EnerDel's Fisher, IN facility – Click above for high-res image gallery
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Over the last decade, billions of consumer electronics devices have been built and powered by lithium ion batteries and cars appear to be the next big li-ion applications. Even with all the lithium ion battery production that exists today however, capacity remains nowhere near where it needs to be to power all the plug-ins that are coming. Just think of the Tesla Roadster, which relies on standard 18650 cells like those used in laptop computers. A laptop typically uses six to nine of these cells
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At the closed and then re-openend Monaco Recreational Vehicle plant in Indiana today, President Obama will announce exactly how $2.4 billion in Recovery Act grant money will be spent on advanced battery technologies and on infrastructure for more electric vehicles. This is a bit more than the $2 billion originally set aside in February to fund advanced batteries in the Recovery Act. A
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Apparently, even a battery company can hedge its bets on future automotive powertrain technology. Such is the case with Ener1, which held its first quarter earnings call yesterday. We've regularly covered updates from Ener1's lithium ion battery subsidiary, EnerDel, which just last week announced a deal to possibly supply packs to Fisker Automotive in addition to its existing suppl
Tomorrow at noon near Indianapolis, Senator Evan Bayh will speak at EnerDel's plant for the commissioning of "the country's first commercial-scale production line for lithium-ion automotive battery packs." Expect lots of smiling faces when Bayh helps cut the ceremonial ribbon for the line. EnerDel is the li-ion battery subsidiary of Ener1 and claims to be "first and currently only company in the U.S. with mass manufacturing capacity for this critically important high‐tech vehicle component [li-i
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