Battery maker teams with Nissan for electric vehicle
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Updated: August 11, 2009 11:09 AM
U.S. advanced lithium-ion automotive battery producer EnerDel and the Nissan Motor Co. of Japan are teaming up to research a new generation of electrical-conductive material intended to reduce cost and improve the performance of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries.
EnerDel recently cut the ribbon at one of the most-advanced battery production lines for large format cells at its Indianapolis plant.
The facility is the only high-volume manufacturing plant for automotive lithium-ion batteries in the U.S.
Under the program, EnerDel and Nissan will co-fund research of a new electrolyte, a viscous liquid that serves as the essential conductive material between battery electrodes, at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) outside Chicago.
EnerDel and Argonne recently co-operated on the development of the lithium titanate battery chemistry, for which they shared the prestigious R&D 100 Award for excellence in technology and innovative design from R&D Magazine and an Excellence in Technology Transfer award.
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