For the United States and the production of high power lithium batteries urgent requests for assistance to the Government

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According to the consultant for the automotive industry in the research department was informed that the United States battery manufacturers recently announced Quallion has lodged an application with the U.S. Department of Energy, hoping to in the development of electric cars lithium-ion batteries with the support of the Administration.
It is reported that the company plans to invest 220 million U.S. dollars in the United States, South Carolina plant and is expected before the end of 2012 the official business, when the annual production capacity to more than 20,000 lithium-ion battery pack.
The company said the plant will be able to start construction immediately after the creation of more than 500 construction and manufacturing jobs, after put into operation in the United States is expected to create up to 2350 long-term jobs.
According to the U.S. economic recovery plan, the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of high-end electric vehicle batteries and related parts and components funded drive two billion U.S. dollars, and demonstration of electric vehicles and related infrastructure operations funded 400 million U.S. dollars.
According to the consultant for the automotive industry analysts pointed out Lee Sheng-mao, power lithium batteries is the new energy automotive industry in the highest technology and the highest profits, and, therefore, the past two years, international companies are the batteries Li-ion battery production capacity expansion, I hope in the coming feast of the new energy vehicle to gain enormous profits.
Sheng-mao said that at present China’s BYD and Japan’s Sony, Sanyo, Panasonic, Hitachi and other companies in the power of lithium batteries is a global leader, the United States battery manufacturers to seek assistance from the Government Quallion power lithium battery production, which reflected from the side U.S. battery manufacturers rush to change the status quo mentality.