Battery Worker
Building an advanced battery industry in the United States
  • Johnson Controls $299 million DOE matching grant – total investment is $600 million 
  • $168.5 million State of Michigan incentives 
  • First U.S. Lithium-Ion automotive battery facility in Holland, MI began shipping batteries September 2010, 10 months after receiving our grant
  • Li-ion automotive battery production launched in Europe in 2008
Ford Transit Connect Electric Vehicle
Customers to be supplied from Holland, MI:
  • Ford Transit Connect Electric 
  • Azure Dynamics Balance™ Hybrid 
  • Mercedes S Class Hybrid 
  • BMW 7 Series
  • Johnson Controls launching a fleet of Battery Electric service vans
A row of hybrid vehicles
The near-term challenge: Creating demand
  • More than 2 times more capacity than demand in North America 
  • Government and private fleets offer excellent opportunity to reach scale, especially the United States Post Office
  • Incentives to manufacture components and purchase vehicles are critical to establishing a sustainable electric vehicle industry in the United States
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