Posts Tagged ‘LG Chem’

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    LG Chem Builds World’s Biggest Electric-Car Battery Plant
    LG Chem on Wednesday completed what it described as the world’s largest battery plant for electric cars with an annual battery production capacity for about 100,000 cars. LG Chem said it plans to spend $1.84 billion by 2013 on building one more plant in South Korea and another in the United States to expand its electric-car battery capacity. LG Chem said the plants,...
    by at April 6th, 2011 at 08:04 am
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    LG Chem Wins GM Supplier of the Year Award
    GM has named LG Chem, its provider of lithium-ion battery cells for the Chevrolet Volt, as the Supplier Corporation of the Year in the 19th annual Supplier of the Year awards. LG Chem is the first Korean company to win the top GM prize, which was first given in 1992. The Supplier of the Year awards recognizes the contributions of GM’s suppliers in 2010 as part of the...
    by at March 17th, 2011 at 10:03 am
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    Ford Will Use CPI Battery Packs in Electric Ford Focus
    Ford said today that it has selected Compact Power, Inc. (CPI), as its supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for its Electric Ford Focus for the U.S. market. The Ford Focus Electric battery packs will leverage CPI and parent company LG Chem’s deep expertise in advanced flat format lithium-ion cells and advanced liquid-cooled modules and battery management systems. CPI,...
    by at July 13th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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    LG Chem to Supply Volvo with Electric Car Batteries
    LG Chem was named the lithium-ion battery pack supplier for Volvo’s electric car program, as battery makers seek ties with carmakers, betting on the market’s future growth. LG Chem has already teamed up with home market giant Hyundai Motor Co Ltd, Ford and General Motors from the U.S. and China’s Changan New Energy Automobile on auto batteries. “LG...
    by at April 26th, 2010 at 08:04 am