Battery maker LG Chem, the South Korean company whose U.S. subsidiary has the contract to manufacture lithium battery cells for General Motor's upcoming extended range plug-in hybrid, says it will complete construction of its $303 million Michigan battery plant near the end of next year. ———- Each Chevrolet Volt battery pack will use hundreds of LG Chem' s lithium-ion cells assembled into modules that are linked to form the 16 kilowatt pack. ———-

Meantime, Mitsubishi Says Demand for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Japan is Growing Investors and most analysts are bullish on the advanced battery business, but fewer than half the companies now jockeying for position will survive the decade, a German consulting firm predicts. ———- Workers prepare to move a T-shaped lithium ion battery pack build in Michigan

Meantime, Mitsubishi Says Demand for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Japan is Growing Investors and most analysts are bullish on the advanced battery business, but fewer than half the companies now jockeying for position will survive the decade, a German consulting firm predicts. ———- Workers prepare to move a T-shaped lithium ion battery pack build in Michigan

South Korean battery developer LG Chem , seeking to become a world leader in energy storage for electric-drive cars and trucks, said it has signed a deal to begin supplying advanced lithium-ion batteries to China's Changan Automobile later this year. ———- LG Chem supplies the lithium-ion cells that make up the Chevrolet Volt's battery pack. ———- Neither the value of the contract nor the number of batteries to be sold were disclosed.

Toyota Motor Corp. has signaled its intent to increase use of lithium-ion batteries in its hybrids and other advanced vehicles, acquiring a sizable chunk of an Argentine lithium production facility through its international trading arm, Toyota Tsusho Corp. ——— Workers at Salar de Olaroz lithium brine pit in Argentina . ———- The deal, announced late Tuesday, has Toyota Tsusho jointly developing the Salar de Olaroz lithium production project in northwestern Argentina with its Australian owner-operator Orocobre . Toyota will take a 25 per cent stake in the $80-$100 million project in return for a guaranteed flow of lithium, a mineral salt typically collected in salt lakes or marshes. China and South America have some of the world's largest known lithium deposits. The automaker has said it will add 10 new hybrids to its lineup in the next few years, is expected to double its annual hybrid production to one million vehicles a year in 2011, and is adding plug-in hybrid and battery-electric cars to its lineup – vehicles which need the lighter, more energy-dense

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Dana Holding Corp. , which specializes in making truck frames and axles as well as sealing and thermal products for vehicle makers, has been tapped by electric-roadster maker Tesla Motors to supply a proprietary EV battery-cooling system said to extend the life of lithium-ion batteries. ———- Tesla's rear-mounted battery pack (in purple, above) is made of thousands of tightly packed lithium-ion cells and requires a sophisticated cooling system to prevent thermal problems and cell failure. ——— – Dana's system, called the Long Heat Exchanger, helps maintain optimum temperature levels in lithium-ion batteries by transferring heat generated by the battery into the car's climate-control system, the company said. Dana is debuting the system in Tesla's 2010 Roadster Sport. While battery failures haven't been a significant problem for any electric-car manufacturer yet, lithium-ion batteries – the type preferred by most for all-electric and plug-in electric

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