a123 battery Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:48:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Chinese Battery Company Wanxiang Could Acquire A123 Systems https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chinese-battery-company-wanxiang-could-acquire-a123-systems-20121210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chinese-battery-company-wanxiang-could-acquire-a123-systems-20121210/#respond Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:48:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29598 In our ongoing coverage of the fall of the advanced rechargeable battery company, A123 Systems, we’ve seen A123’s slow decline and finally, bankruptcy proceedings. One version of their latest battery technology was supposed to go into the new Chevy Spark EV, as well as another iteration in Fisker’s next model. Unfortunately, the market for electric […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chinese-battery-company-wanxiang-could-acquire-a123-systems-20121210/feed/ 0 29598 U.S. EV Battery Maker A123’s Shares Drop to 82 Cents After Defect Scandal https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a123-stock-share-drop-20120405/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a123-stock-share-drop-20120405/#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:46:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23844 A123, the famous U.S.-based electric car battery maker has big problems. Yesterday, their shares closed at 82 cents, after news spread out on March 26 revealed they had issues with some of the batteries that had delivered and that they are going to replace them. That meant a 49.7% drop since the day the news […]

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