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Battery maker looks beyond EVs for profits

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 10, 2012
David Roberts expects the lithium ion battery company that he heads to begin generating black ink late next year or by 2014 at the latest. Amid the turmoil hitting the electric vehicle segment and its battery-pack suppliers, that kind of confidence is rare. But Roberts isn't necessarily optimistic about EVs Dave Guilford is enterprise editor of Automotive News.... Read More »

 

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Equity links can increase the risk at EV startups

12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 13, 2012
For a while, it looked like we were seeing the first stirrings of electric-vehicle keiretsu. Not everyone loved the idea. One veteran of the EV wars said having a supplier as an investor can bias purchasing decisions. But there was a more fundamental problem Dave Guilford is enterprise editor of Automotive News.... Read More »