One of the best ways to keep ahead of the competition is having the technologies to beat them with. Since most car makers are already busy with their everyday projects, outsourcing the r&d efforts appears to be a good idea.
The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), the organization created to research future technologies on behalf of Chrysler, Ford and GM announced today it had awarded a $179,000 technology assessment contract to ActaCell for battery technology development and assessment.
“We are pleased to announce the award of this contract to ActaCell as part of USABC’s broad battery technology research and development programs,” said Steve Zimmer, executive director USABC. “This program is essential to advance both near- and long-term goals to enable vehicle electrification.”
The goal of the project funded by USABC is to assess the performance, cycle life and accelerated calendar life of ActaCell’s HEV batteries which will be used in the medium-to-heavy duty hybrid truck market.
“The recognition of our work and subsequent awarding of a contract by USABC is a testament to our dedication and a major milestone for us,” added Marc Kohler, director of product management for ActaCell.
“We’re very focused on developing a high-power, low cost battery that can be mass produced to serve the growing hybrid electric vehicle markets, and we believe this technology assessment and partnership with key players in the industry moves us much closer to that ultimate goal."
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