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		<title><![CDATA[SB LiMotive to supply batteries to Delphi]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SB LiMotive, a joint venture between Samsung SDI and Robert Bosch, will supply lithium-ion batteries to Michigan-based Delphi, under a 10-year deal. The contract will run between 2012 and 2021, with LiMotive planning to produce the batteries at a facility in South Korea which is scheduled for completion in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:08:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Growth Seen in Ultracapacitors for EVs. And Here Comes Ioxus.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The automotive ultracapacitor market is expected to grow 50 percent annually starting next year, as EVs and hybrids ramp up. Tiny Ioxus hopes to be one of the big power players as ultracaps are deployed to complement battery packs. by Jim Motavalli]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:48:44 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energizer is Going, Going, Almost Gone From CVS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jessica WohlCHICAGO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - CVS Caremark Corp CVS has found a way to stop the Energizer bunny. It will discontinue sales of the company's alkaline batteries early next year.The national drug store chain will still offer customers lithium batteries produced by Energizer Holdings Inc ENR, but the move comes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carmakers race to secure electric lead]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Snub-nosed and squat, with a no-frills, cramped cabin, the little Peugeot Ion is unlikely to win any design awards. But if current industry trends continue, it may one day be remembered as a trailblazer of zero-emission cars.Road transport currently accounts for about 10 per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nissan Introduces the Leaf EV in Los Angeles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELESâ€"Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan, says he has no intention for the company to lose money on the Leaf battery car, which will be introducedÂ late next year. The company will start taking reservations in the spring.Â     Asked at the start of the Leafâ€™s 22-city...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chrysler: Recovery and Green Plans Still a Bit Murky]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler can only go up from here. There is a dearth of new models in showrooms, and the existing product line is exciting very few customers. Sales were down 30 percent in October compared to the previous year, on total volume of 65,000 vehicles. Sales are up only if you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:29:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Car Guy's Electric Moment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a third-generation GMer, Jon Lauckner is fiercely committed to restoring greatness to America?s biggest car company. The VP of   global product planning and the man behind the Chevy Volt, is determined to go big or go home.          ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hybrid Cars: 5 Luxury Models to Test-Drive]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/hybrid-cars-5-luxury-models-to-test-drive/361421/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to buy a hybrid, you don?t have to  settle for an econobox. These gorgeous, gussied-up green vehicles are as  luxurious as anything on the road. The only hitch: They aren?t as  environmentally friendly as you might expect. Here?s a  headlight-to-headlight comparison to help...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OM Group, Inc. 3Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Mike Harrison. Michael Harrison - First Analysis  Hi, good morning. Joseph M. Scaminace  Good morning, Mike. Michael Harrison - First Analysis  Couple questions on batteries. Steve, you noted in your battery outlook that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:37:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Million-Dollar Army Contracts are a Lifeline for EV and Battery Companies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EV companies are scoring military contracts, both for "silent mode" vehicles that emit no heat signature and to serve as auxiliary power on remote bases. Bright Automotive and EnerDel have both scored million-dollar testing awards. One has also received Department of Energy funding; the other has not. by Jim Motavalli]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:41:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lessons From the World's Best Project Managers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project heads from GM, Nokia, Method, and Facebook pass on what  they've learned from working on high-stakes projects.     	  The perfect is the enemy of the deadline.      Bill Wallace, engineering  group manager for GM&#8217;s Volt battery. Photo by...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[SK supplies batteries to Mitsubishi Fuso]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ South Korean energy and petrochemical firm SK Energy will supply batteries to Japanese commercial vehicle maker Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus under a two-year deal. Mitsubishi Fuso will use the lithium-ion batteries in hybrid-electric and all-electric vehicles. Mitsubishi Fuso is 85% owned by German carmaker Daimler, with the remaining...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:03:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lithium-Ion Batteries Could be Too Expensive, MIT Team Says]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10002759/lithium-ion-batteries-could-be-too-expensive-mit-team-says/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By all appearances, battery-powered cars are ready for prime time. The list of companies planning to introduce new plug-in hybrids and electric battery cars in the next few years is long, and includes General Motors (the Volt and a separate plug-in hybrid), Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Chrysler, Infiniti, Aptera, Tesla (theÂ Model...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:53:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plug-In Hybrid Maker Bright Automotive Still Struggling to Raise Funding]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10002704/a-bright-future-indiana-plug-in-hybrid-company-needs-government-funding/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANAâ€"John Waters, President of Bright Automotive, stops the car inÂ an industrial pocket of IndianapolisÂ and gestures at a nondescript building. â€œRight there is where we built the batteries for the General Motors EV-1 battery car. In that building, we tested the first large-format lithium-ion batteries that were used on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:58:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aligning EVs and the Smart Grid: Synergy and Progress]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s understatement to say that battery and plug-in hybrid cars are not straining the electric grid today. Tesla has sold 700 cars, and there are a few thousand homemade conversions and stranded corporate leftovers (Solectria, U.S. Electricar, Taylor-Dunn, Toyota RAV4) scattered around the country.    But with more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Predicting the 2020 EV Market: Consider the Wild Cards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s always fun to predict the future, and the beauty is that if you are projecting far enough ahead no oneâ€™s likely to remember what youâ€™d saidâ€"even if turned out to be egregiously wrong.    How many battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and just plain hybrids will sell...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:19:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Batteries vs. Fuel Cells: A Tale of Unequal Federal Funding]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both electric and fuel-cell cars are set to hit the market, but only the first one is getting any direct federal support. The Department of Energy is investing not only in battery electric cars, but in the plants that make their batteries. And yes, the DOE is also supporting hydrogen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:56:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Straight Talk from Nancy Gioia, Ford's Electric Guru]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new director of global electrification for Ford, Nancy Gioia, sat down for a 15-minute interview with BNET Autos. Gioia says sheâ€™s â€œthrilledâ€ to stay connected with the team she served as Fordâ€™s director of sustainable mobility technology and hybrid vehicle programs for North America, â€œbut now itâ€™s on a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:20:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ford Gains a "Global Electrification" Czar]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The twoÂ titles sound rather similar, but itâ€™s definitely a promotion. Nancy Gioia, who was Fordâ€™s director of sustainable mobility technology and hybrid vehicle programs for North America, is nowÂ in an all-new position asÂ director of global electrification. But she was always internationally focused.    Iâ€™ve both interviewed Gioia and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:23:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Tesla and Fisker Too Small to Succeed?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the Obama Administration misspending the governmentâ€™s money on startups such as Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive? Thatâ€™s the contention of an October 12 BusinessWeek article, which quotes longtime analyst Maryann Keller as saying, â€œWeâ€™re pouring $1 billion into two companies without a future. The economics of the industry favors...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:22:42 -0700</pubDate>
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