Mitsubishi battery venture to build new lithium ion plant, start production in 2012

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Mitsubishi Over the past year, Mitsubishi has repeatedly increased its production volume goals of the i-MiEV electric car and now it has decided it needs more capacity to build batteries. Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ) is the joint venture between Mitsubishi and GS Yuasa to build lithium ion batteries.

Chinese government sets ambitious battery production goals

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , China 2009 BYD F3DM - Click above for high-res image gallery New regulations for the production of batteries, both nickel-hydrogen and lithium-ion, have been submitted to China’s State Council, according to Wang Shulin, a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)’s expert. China’s current production figures for batteries are expected to exceed 140,000 kWh (nickel) and 900,000 kWh (lithium) by the end of this year

Nissan to spend $1 billion on U.S. battery plant, 4 more plants in Europe

Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for high res image gallery Nissan was one of the three recipients in the first round of low interest loans through the U.S. Department of Energy’s ATVM program along with Ford and Tesla . Nissan will be getting $1.6 billion from the program that will be used to re-tool part of its Smyrna, Tennessee factory to build electric cars and lithium ion batteries

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