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America's $2.4 Billion Electric Vehicle Stimulus Has Made Little Impact in First Two Years

By Joseph Baker on October 8, 2010

Tags: advanced battery manufacturer, America Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chevy, Chevy Volt, Compact Power, ECOtality, electric vehicle, Ford, Ford Transit Connect, Johnson Controls

According to data collected by Pike Research, the US$2.4 billion stimulus package for next-generation automobiles, as laid out in the 2009 American Recovery Act, is moving at a snails pace in its objective to create jobs and jettison the electric vehicle industry.

Chevy Volt Has the “Big Mo”

By Alison Pruitt on August 9, 2010

You know a product has momentum when it has thousands of fans and has not even arrived on the market yet. The Chevy Volt appears to be such a product.

Batteries Set to Grow into $60 Billion Industry by 2013

By Nathanael Baker on August 13, 2009

Tags: A123 Systems, battery, Compact Power, energy storage systems, Johnson Controls-Saft, Lux Research, NGK Insulators, NYSE:JCI, PINK:CPPFF, TYO:5333

Venture capital investment in battery companies has increased 25% in 2009, according to Lux Research.

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