What a surprise. There have been one or two *very* promising Lithium-whatever battery announcements made recently, particularly the Hydro Quebec announcement, over which the Detroiters would seem to have ZERO control, so now they're anxious to get going looking into Li-whatever. Wouldn't want to be left behind.
Someday, dozens of thousands of US auto workers may be able to count themselves out of work partly relating to these half-efforts in battery research. >"Having been chosen for this program by market leaders such >as Ford, DaimlerChrylser and GM demonstrates the potential >benefits that Saphion(tm) technology can bring to this >market," stated Stephan Godevais, chairman and chief >executive officer of Valence Technology Inc. "We believe >that Saphion's unique combination of Lithium-ion >performance, cost and safety characteristics makes it an >attractive development platform for the automotive >industry."
