It was 1992 and it’s called the US Advanced Battery Consortium.
https://www.uscar.org/guest/teams/12/U-S-Advanced-Battery-Consortium-LLC
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> On Feb 18, 2019, at 9:44 PM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
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> [ref
> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Oil-utilities-buying-up-EVSE-net-charging-fossil-buy-in-tp4692843p4692874.html
> ]
>
> David said> ... Ovshinsky's cashing out to GM ... <
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=nimh+ovshinsky+sold+gm
> ... Ovshinsky ... decision to sell to GM had been naive ...
>
> Long before the internet
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#Rise_of_the_global_Internet_(late_1980s/early_1990s_onward)
> I would read through tons of paper media on Ovshinsky's efforts to make
> Ovonic (NiMH baterry) a success.
>
> I differ from Willie, IMO, ALL automakers & oil/fossil were in cahoots to
> maintain their incessant ice profit orgy (not just GM, though they are the
> worst).
>
> (section of Willie's page link)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries#General_Motors_and_the_US_Auto_Battery_Consortium
> ... Ovshinsky stated that in the early 1990s, the auto industry created the
> US Auto Battery Consortium (USABC) to stifle the development of electric
> vehicle technology by preventing the dissemination of knowledge about
> Ovshinky's battery-related patents to the public through the California Air
> Resources Board (CARB).
>
> According to Ovshinsky, the auto industry falsely suggested that NiMH
> technology was not yet ready for widespread use in road cars. Members of the
> USABC, including General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, threatened to take
> legal action against Ovshinsky if he continued to promote NiMH's potential
> for use in BEVs, and if he continued to lend test batteries to Solectria, a
> start-up electric vehicle maker that was not part of the USABC. The Big
> Three car companies argued that his behavior violated their exclusive rights
> to the battery technology, because they had matched a federal government
> grant given to Ovonics to develop NiMH technology. Critics argue that the
> Big Three were more interested in convincing CARB members that electric
> vehicles were not technologically and commercially viable.
>
> In 1994, General Motors acquired a controlling interest in Ovonics's battery
> development and manufacture, including patents controlling the manufacture
> of large NiMH batteries. The original intent of the equity alliance was to
> develop NiMH batteries for GM's EV1 BEV. Sales of GM-Ovonics batteries were
> later taken over by GM manager and critic of CARB John Williams, leading
> Ovshinsky to wonder whether his decision to sell to GM had been naive. The
> EV1 program was shut down by GM before the new NiMH battery could be
> commercialized, despite field tests that indicated the Ovonics battery
> extended the EV1's range to over 150 miles ...
>
> Darryl cynicism is warranted. Though we (the public) can't do much about it,
> we should keep our eye of those fat-profit-takers, and scream bloody murder
> (on the internet) when they step out of line.
>
>
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