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BMW and Samsung SDI Expand Electric Vehicle Battery Agreement

Benji Jerew — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:09:31 +0000

As the battery pack has become the crux of practically every electric vehicle venture, companies are turning to mass-production as a way to reduce costs. Following the economies of scale, even Tesla Motors is planning its own lithium-ion electric vehicle battery mass-production facilities, the so-called Tesla Gigafactory. On the part of Tesla Motors, this is […]

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General Motors’ New Chevy Spark EV Battery to be Built In-House

Benji Jerew — Sat, 17 May 2014 00:19:54 +0000

The 2014 Chevy Spark EV is powered by a 20 kWh lithium-ion battery, which General Motors has been outsourcing until now. The Chevy Spark EV was only the beginning of General Motors’ foray into modern electric vehicles, and a good start at that, even beating its conventional sister in Consumer Reports’ estimation. The lithium-ion battery […]

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LG Chem Finally Produce Chevy Volt and Cadillac ELR Traction Batteries, on Hold Again?

Benji Jerew — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:24:32 +0000

In Holland, Michigan, an LG Chem plant sits idle [again], in spite of the demand for the Chevy Volt and Cadillac ELR traction batteries that it was built to produce. It seemed that everything was going the right way for LG Chem and Chevy Volt. Unlike failed battery manufacturer A123 Systems, who was slated to […]

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Chevy Volt Batteries to be Manufactured by LG Chem in July, Finally

Benji Jerew — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:58:13 +0000

Sales of the Chevy Volt extended range electric vehicle [EREV] has been slow, but steady, meaning that support companies like battery suppliers aren’t as productive as they could be. True, the market for electric vehicles as a whole hasn’t been enough to justify handshakes and champagne. Much to the contrary, aside from dashing success Tesla […]

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LG’s New “Cable Batteries” Open Up Bright Perspectives for Flexible Power Sources

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:49:47 +0000

We’ll probably be hearing someday soon that LG will announce world’s first commercial “cable battery,” as their subsidiary, LG Chem, has recently announced progress in that direction. This would enable the use of batteries in textiles, headphones and other places where you couldn’t normally fit any battery nowadays. The cable battery developed by LG Chem […]

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LG Owns World's Largest Battery Plant for Electric Vehicles

Mike Sandru — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:39:27 +0000

It all stems from South Korea's philosophy on green technologies: they are convinced this is an "unavoidable choice", as President Lee Myung-Bak said during a ceremony. So, with this idea in mind, they set to work: the LG Chem Company has just announced in Seoul that it now owns the world's largest battery plant for electric cars.

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