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Hitachi will create 60 jobs to make lithium-ion battery packs at its Mercer County plant, the company and government officials announced Monday. The new manufacturing capability will represent a $12 million investment, according to a release from Gov. Steve Beshear’s office. Hitachi, which also has a plant in Berea, just completed construction of a 153,000-square-foot […]
October 19, 2011
Toyota Motor Europe has signed a three-year agreement with a French firm for the European-wide take-back and sustainable recycling of nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs). The agreement with the Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux (SNAM) will run from 2011 to 2014. Toyota has sold some 370,000 Toyota and Lexus full-hybrid vehicles […]
October 19, 2011
Toyota, in cooperation with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, has developed a prototype battery that can be processed into sheet form. The battery has up to five times the energy storage capacity of existing Li-ion batteries, the Nikkei reported Monday. The new battery is based on a solid […]
October 19, 2011
Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia jointly to develop bagasse-based bio n-butanol market in Latin America 19 October 2011 Cobalt Technologies, a developer of next generation bio-based chemicals and Rhodia, a specialty chemical company, executed a Memorandum of Understanding setting the basis for a strategic alliance to develop bio n-butanol refineries throughout Latin America. Under the terms […]
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October 20, 2011
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