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
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
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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