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Continental/A123 battery pack not turning up till after the holidays — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:35:40 +0000

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By: Van

Van — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:12:34 +0000

Early 2008 could be as late as June 30, 2008. So the mules that are in the works would not have the A123 battery packs because they would still need the 4 month lab test period. Now if “early 2008″ meant the first quarter, before the end of March, then A123 might still be in the game. But it looks bad to me.

We do know the cells have been shipped to Conti, and we do not know the reason for the delay.

By: AES

AES — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:21:20 +0000

According to this MIT article, it seems A123 was beginning work on the redesigned flat cell back in AUGUST:

http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/19226/

So they probably only just now sent the pack to Continental.

Whereas CPI probably had ≥10Ah cells available for pack construction the moment they got the contract.