Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM
General Motors has signed a contract calling for lithium-ion batteries to be supplied by A123 Systems for use in the automaker's future electric vehicles. GM says A123's advanced Nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries will power "future GM electric vehicles to be sold in select global markets." Currently, GM gets batteries for the Chevrolet Volt from LG Chem - the automaker's 2010 Corporation of the Year.
Jason Forcier, vice-president of A123, told Automotive News that the deal calls for "thousands to tens of thousands" of battery packs. Furthermore, Forcier says A123's team of engineers will have some of the GM-specific packs ready by the end of 2012 and that the first undisclosed vehicle using the A123-supplied packs will launch sometime after that. The lithium-ion units will be manufactured at A123's facility in Livonia, MI.
Forcier declined to identify the vehicles involved in the deal and wouldn't disclose whether or not they were of the electric-only or plug-in hybrid variety. However, The General's press release clearly states, "electric vehicles." But, as we should all know by now, GM's broad definition of an electric vehicle includes the plug-in hybrid Volt and even hydrogen-powered cars.
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