Johnson Controls competes with other major automotive battery manufacturers like Exide, GS Yuasa, East Penn and Fiamm in this space.
Wanxiang has been in the U.S. news last year for its purchase of financially struggling lithium-ion automotive battery maker A123 Systems.
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Importantly, LEAF is now assembled in the United States at Nissan's Smyrna, Tenn. assembly plant, with battery production taking place right next door in the country's largest lithium-ion automotive battery plant.
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In a petition filed yesterday, JCI asked the Delaware Court of Chancery yesterday to dissolve the automotive Li-ion battery joint venture, Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC (JCS), which was formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture lithium-ion automotive battery solutions.
While he expectedly heard from automotive and battery brands, Agag notes that many mainstream, traditionally non-motorsports companies have begun testing the waters of a future partnership.
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The battery maker also will sell its stake in a joint venture with Shanghai Automotive called Shanghai Advanced Traction Battery Systems.
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The battery was developed by the Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), a joint venture of Nissan and NEC.
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With this action, Nissan becomes the first and only manufacturer in the automotive industry to provide limited warranty coverage for battery capacity loss for electric vehicles.
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Better Place will initially build two battery switch stations to service four Coda Automotive electric sedans.
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Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems today said it has sold its automotive business to Johnson Controls and is filing for bankruptcy protection.
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As for the automotive sector, he says that the first fuel cells will also include a battery.
The maximum electric load potential of the high-voltage battery is 480 kW, which is an absolute best value in the automotive sector.
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