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Monday, June 7, 2010 at 12:04 AM
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Your globalization $ at work: CA start-up, PRC tech, OH factory, US jobs

DateMonday, June 7, 2010 at 12:04AM

WSJ story.

CA start-up Coda Automotive is set to build factory in Ohio with 1,000 jobs, using Chinese technology to make lithium-ion batteries for an all-electric vehicle.

Batteries are too heavy to ship, so Coda wanted a US-based factory.  Until it's up and running, a previous JV set up in Tianjin will make the initial batteries.

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Since I haven't read the WSJ story, perhaps I have missed some important part of the context, but "too heavy to ship" strains credulity to a breaking point.

Large scale lithium ion battery technology is relatively new to the consumer car market, and the US Navy has experienced a pretty spectacular failure of a large scale lithium ion battery pack that led to the destruction of the Advanced Seal Delivery Vehicle.

I would speculate that quality control would be a non-trivial driving factor in choosing a US battery production solution.

V/R,

June 7, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterB. Walthrop

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