Battery maker A123 has announced that batteries it supplied to Fisker Automotive for its Karma range-extended luxury sedan might have "misaligned" hose clamps...
Article Context
A123 confirms Fisker Karma batteries could have cooling problem
Articles from 12.27.2011
Russia hits Rosneft, Bashneft with antitrust fines
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Russia's FederalAnti-Monopoly body (FAS) on Monday fined the country's top crudeproducer Rosneft and mid-sized oil company Bashneft a...
False claim that each Volt cost taxpayers $250,000 goes viral
Oh, how easy it is to go viral on the Internet. All you have to do is be really, really bad at math. Or have an agenda. Here's how to play the game:Start with a car...
Articles Related by Topic
A123 systems files for bankruptcy
A123 Systems has announced that it is filing for bankruptcy and is selling off its main business, making batteries for vehicles, to rival battery maker Johnson Controls in...
A123 sets financing deal with Chinese firm
A123 Systems will receive $25 million immediately from Wanxiang, which is expected to invest a total of $465 million and take an 80 percent ownership interest.
Faulty battery packs will cost A123 $55 million
The bad news continues for A123 Systems. The company announced this morning that a defect in some of its battery cells could affect all of the battery packs produced by...
Fisker's woes put A123 at risk
After failing to meet the milestones required by a loan agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy, Fisker Automotive, a startup making high-end hybrid electric cars,...
A123 will supply battery packs for BMW hybrids
Lithium-ion battery-pack maker A123 Systems, whose customers include General Motors, Fisker and ALTe, will make battery packs for two new BMW hybrid vehicles this year....
A123 will supply battery packs for Via extended-range plug-in trucks
Lithium-ion battery-pack maker A123 Systems, whose customers include General Motors, Fisker and ALTe, reached an agreement to make battery packs for Via Motors, which next...
Fisker says its problem Karmas are almost all fixed
Fisker has been rushing to fix the problem with the hose clamp for the batteries on its Karma electric car. It says that the "majority" of its customers'...
Fisker recalling 239 Karma EVs for fire hazard
Fisker Automotive is recalling all 239 of its 2012 Karma luxury plug-in hybrid cars because of a fire hazard, according to a report filed with the National Highway Traffic...
A123 “temporarily” lays off 125 in Michigan
Thanksgiving didn't have much to offer by way of thanks for about 125 employees of A123 who were laid off from the lithium-ion battery maker's Livonia and...
EV battery maker A123 Systems lowers forecast, blames Fisker
Late-to-the-EV-party Fisker Automotive may be dragging down suppliers with its tardiness. A123 Systems lowered its 2011 revenue forecast due to reduced orders, and...
A123 to supply batteries for all-electric Chevy Spark
The courtship between A123 Systems and GM didn’t really work out before, but the two are giving it another try. GM on Wednesday named the lithium-ion battery maker as the...
GM awards A123 Systems production contract for batteries for future EVs
General Motors has awarded a production contract to A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries and systems, for batteries...
Stay connected.