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	<title>GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site &#187; Battery</title>
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		<title>LG Chem Announces $303 Million Investment to Build Volt Battery Plant in Michigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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Korea-based LG Chem is the lithium-ion battery supplier for GM&#8217;s Chevrolet Volt electric car.
GM has been working closely with LG&#8217;s Michigan-based subsidiary Compact Power Inc. since mid-2007 to first develop and then refine the Volts&#8217; 16 kwh battery pack.  In January of 2009 it was announced that LG had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Reveals Lithium-ion Battery Prices Already Dropping Steeper Than Expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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Electrification of the automobile is well underway, with the first mass produced cars expected to hit the roads later this year.
There have been many speculative reports about whether these cars will catch on and be sold in high volumes over the next few years.
These predictions hinge on cost to consumers, both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battery Director Denise Gray Leaving GM For Stealth Battery Startup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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Denise Gray is GM&#8217;s director of global battery systems.  She has been instrumental in the development of the Volt having started in the program in 2006.  She was there when the first lithium-ion Volt prototype pack arrived from Compact Power in October 2007 as has been in charge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan Taking Shortcut on LEAF Battery: No Thermal Management System</title>
		<link>http://gm-volt.com/2010/01/28/nissan-taking-shortcut-on-leaf-battery-no-thermal-management-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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GM engineers have rightly been assiduously concerned and careful about ensuring the Chevy Volt&#8217;s battery will last 10 years or 150,000 miles and deliver its stated range and power.
The Nissan LEAF electric car, also expected to arrive at the end of the year, apparently isn&#8217;t so meticulously engineered.  Or so says Wired.com in an article written by Daryl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota Makes Deal to Secure its own Lithium Supply in Argentina</title>
		<link>http://gm-volt.com/2010/01/23/toyota-makes-deal-to-secure-its-own-lithium-supply-in-argentina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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Electrification of the automobile depends on the natural salt lithium.  Lithium is found predominantly in Asia and South America where vast stores are present in salt lakes and salt flats.
As electrified automobiles are built on mass production scale and in ever increasing volumes, ensuring supply of lithium to battery makers [...]]]></description>
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