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To: SolarGal who wrote (8371)	6/10/2009 10:35:37 AM
From: SolarGal	Respond to of 8393

GM, ECD Ovonics, and batteries VERY interesting news item with discussion about at The Local: Sweden's News in English GM owned ECD Ovionics with NiMH 150 Mile per Charge Battery Excerpt: General Motors owned ECD Ovionics which manufactured Ovonics large NiMH batteries. This technology allowed the EVI to run 150 miles without gas. GM sold its share of ECD Ovonics to Texaco Oil. Chevron bought Texaco and now owns a 20% stake in ECD Ovionics. Now GM is producing a VOLT slated to get 40 miles until the next charge. Chevron oil owns the technology on the NiMH battery which gets 150 miles per charge. Discussion answers such questions as "If GM could build the EV1 to go up to 150 miles on a full charge 10 years ago, why can the Volt only go 40 miles on a full charge today?" Great questions -- see discussion and posts

To: SolarGal who wrote (8371)	6/10/2009 10:45:12 AM
From: SolarGal	Respond to of 8393

Repost with URL GM Opens a Battery Research Lab for the Volt The large facility is meant to reflect a change of direction for the bankrupt company. From Technology Review: Published by MIT June 10, 2009 Excerpts: This week, GM officially opened a 3,000-square-meter battery lab at its technical center in Warren, MI. .... The new battery lab is part of GM's strategy to develop its own battery packs, just as it now develops its own gasoline engines. .... Fritz Henderson, GM's new CEO, is using the Volt and the battery lab to highlight a new direction for the automaker. Henderson recently called the lab the "lifeblood of our future" and said that "the new GM intends to be a leader in these technologies" once it emerges from bankruptcy. ....

To: SolarGal who wrote (8371)	6/10/2009 10:47:13 AM
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Repost with URL for GM Opens a Battery Research Lab for the Volt GM Opens a Battery Research Lab for the Volt The large facility is meant to reflect a change of direction for the bankrupt company. From Technology Review: Published by MIT June 10, 2009 Excerpts: This week, GM officially opened a 3,000-square-meter battery lab at its technical center in Warren, MI. .... The new battery lab is part of GM's strategy to develop its own battery packs, just as it now develops its own gasoline engines. .... Fritz Henderson, GM's new CEO, is using the Volt and the battery lab to highlight a new direction for the automaker. Henderson recently called the lab the "lifeblood of our future" and said that "the new GM intends to be a leader in these technologies" once it emerges from bankruptcy. ....