OT Battery builder A123 Systems that won $249 million federal grant files for bankruptcy

[Fred Townsend]

 

OT These are the batteries that power the Tesla and are sold to hams by
Buddipole and others.

 

 

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/battery-builder-a123-won-249-million-
federal-grant-143806554.html

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[Rick Tavan N6XI]

The Tesla rep I spoke to at the factory a few months ago said that
Panasonic is supplying the batteries for the Tesla Model S. I believe A123
is the provider to Fisker.

/Rick

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Fred Townsend <[hidden email]>wrote:

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> OT These are the batteries that power the Tesla and are sold to hams by
> Buddipole and others.
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Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA
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[Jeff Herr]

Wow that's a real shame.  

Bud (of dipole fame) brought some of those for one of his demos.
A six cell unit, similar to six d cells in size, weighed less than
Half of what you would expect.

Expensive....but more power and far less weight.

I thought they were on to something.

Bankrupt.


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