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Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday. The new Prius, either a station wagon or SUV, is set to go on sale by the end of next year. It will...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., ion batteries, Japan, Tōkyō
Toshiba Corp said Wednesday it will build a new factory in Niigata Prefecture to mass-produce rechargeable batteries targeted mainly for use in electric vehicles from around the spring of 2011. Toshiba said the move to create its second factory for the...
Tags: ion batteries, IHI Corp
This means that the nation's biggest oil refiner has finally joined the ranks of LG Chem and Samsung SDI in the fierce competition to become the leader in the car batteries market. "Our company was selected to supply lithium-ion batteries to Mitsubishi...
Tags: SK Energy Co., car batteries, ion batteries, Mitsubishi Fuso, electric vehicle
The shares, which priced at $13.50, rose as high as $20 in early trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The IPO price was well above the $10-$11.50 range initially set, which indicated strong demand for the shares. The maker of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries...
Tags: public offering, initially public, IPO, A123 Systems Inc., maker a123, batteries maker, ion batteries, million share, ipos market, San Francisco
EnerDel said it will supply the lithium-ion battery for the prototype of Volvo�s planned C30 electric car. The deal apparently moves the Indianapolis battery maker closer to a big supply contract with the Swedish automaker. Volvo is currently testing...
Tags: ion batteries, EnerDel, Volvo Cars, c30 batteries, electricity vehicle, Volvo Car Corporation, Noblesville
Volvo Car Corporation has chosen advanced, American-made lithium-ion battery systems designed and produced by Ener1, Inc. to power a pair of plug-in hybrid V70 demonstration cars being put through their paces across Europe this fall as part of a rigorous...
Tags: EnerDel, ion batteries
Sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers bounced back in June from a historical low as exports and production picked up, but the improvement was less than expected and the outlook for capital expenditure in particular was ominously weak, the Bank of...
Tags: ion batteries, Hitachi Ltd., Australian Bureau of Statistics, European Central Bank, trade deficit, U.S, electric cars
Hewlett-Packard is recalling more than 3,000 rechargeable battery packs used in laptop computers due to a potential fire hazard, the NSW government says. Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge says the voluntary recall comes after the company received reports...
Tags: batteries packs, ion batteries, Australia
It said the lithium-ion batteries being recalled were used in HP and Compaq notebook computers sold between August 2007 and March 2008 and were made in China.
A newly formed consortium of battery manufacturers wants to build a 2,000 worker factory in Hardin County to make advanced batteries to power electric vehicles, the state announced today. The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries would...
Tags: Hardin County, Northern Kentucky, Steve Beshear, cars batteries, ion batteries, transportation batteries, advanced transportation, national alliance, batteries manufacturer, Glendale