According to foreign media reports, Honda’s chief executive, said Takanobu Ito, Honda intends to take advantage of the rich resources of technology and R & D in China, electric car batteries. He also said that if you want zero-emission vehicles to become mainstream, but also a breakthrough in battery technology.

Takanobu Ito Week 2, said: “If the right opportunity, we hope to jointly develop batteries with China.
 
“Said Honda chief executive officer, announced plans to Honda, Guangzhou Honda joint venture in China, the annual output increased by 1 / 3, to 480,000.

Takanobu Ito said: “In a major breakthrough in battery technology needs.” He predicted that electric cars become mainstream models also need 10-20 years. As Japan’s second largest car manufacturer, Honda will focus on the recent hybrid vehicles and energy-saving car.

Honda is considering in the U.S., Europe and Japan, limited market electric car.

Honda, Japan’s GS Yuasa Corp and the establishment of a joint venture, cooperative R & D for hybrid lithium-ion battery. Honda said that if necessary, the two companies will co-produce the batteries for electric vehicles. GS Yuasa and Mitsubishi Corporation established a joint venture company, has developed and produced electric car batteries.

Last year, China has surpassed the U.S. as the world’s largest car market. For the global auto manufacturers, China is an increasingly important battlefield. Automotive companies are waiting for the Chinese government announced the development of policies to promote fuel-efficient vehicles.

China’s auto market, has sold more than 10 million years, the Chinese Government stand for the electric car many car companies will determine the pace of new product introductions. At present, the auto companies on the development of electric cars is still in the wait state.

Volkswagen last month said China’s attitude towards electric vehicles consumers will determine the company’s electric car development. In 2018 the public scheme, as the industry leader in electric vehicles.

Electric cars may be a great development in the Chinese market. Chinese media have reported in this week, the Chinese government will announce this at the end of electric car subsidies, will each purchase of electric vehicles provide consumers with up to 6 million in subsidies, while 3,000 to hybrid buyers subsidy to improve .

BYD, etc. This policy will benefit the local Chinese companies. BYD’s battery technology company has already attracted Buffett and Daimler’s investment and interest.

Honda sold in China last year, a total of about 58 million vehicles, about half of American Honda’s total sales. However, Honda said the importance of Chinese market is gradually improving, perhaps years later to become Honda’s largest car market.

Takanobu Ito forecast, the next three to five years, sales in the U.S. market will reach 1500-1600 million years. Analysts predicted that sales this year will reach the United States 1100-1250 10000.

Dow Jones reported that Nissan’s lithium batteries in the United States, Tennessee plant has been started in the May 26 start.

Nissan plant in Tennessee, battery covers 1.3 million square feet, will bring 1,300 new jobs. After the completion of the factory, Nissan will supply lithium battery electric vehicles LEAF.

Nissan plans to invest 1.7 billion U.S. dollars branch to expand Leaf Nissan electric vehicle production. This is 1.7 billion U.S. dollars mainly from the U.S. government to reduce fuel dependency and provide loans.

Nissan CEO Ghosn (Carlos Ghosn), said electric cars Nissan Leaf is definitely a high rate of return on investment.

British researchers in the latest issue of “Nature Materials” magazine has written that they have found a simple and accurate method to monitor lithium batteries in the ongoing chemical reaction, early detection and quantification of the dendritic easily lead to fires crystal formation. The researchers said the new approach will help large-scale commercial application of lithium battery.

Currently, lithium is widely used in portable computers and mobile phones, it is also the development of next-generation electric vehicles the “engine.” However, there is a major lithium defects: in a few charge and discharge cycles, in particular, are fast charging lithium batteries, the carbon anode of lithium appears small fibers (dendrite crystal) of these dendritic crystals lead to short-circuit, cause the battery to overheat or even rapid fire explosions.

Through the use of theoretical models, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy to study the formation of dendritic crystals, the researchers found a way to quantify the shape of the dendritic crystals has been the number of methods and the use of magnetic resonance imaging spectroscopy observations of a 1 cm long battery the chemical reactions that occur when a new authentication method.

Austin, Texas, Valence Technology announced today that the single, double mini-bus and bus manufacturing, a global leader in Optare PLC signed a three-year exclusive supply agreement. Optare Valence has designated its latest zero-emission bus – all electric Optare Solo EV (Electric Vehicle) – the exclusive battery supplier. Valence Technology of the supply agreement will bring as much as 3.8 million U.S. dollars of the battery system sales.

Valence Technology President and CEO Robert L. Kanode said: “Valence batteries are designated as the exclusive supplier confirms the dynamic of our energy system quality and proven performance. More car manufacturers will choose the Valence Technology to help them achieve ‘Clean Urban Transport’ vision. thanks to the British Government’s environmental Bus Fund (Green Bus Fund), passenger car manufacturers are working to meet strict carbon emissions limits, while on the road running through more zero-emission fleet let passers-by to breathe cleaner air. ”

Optare Solo EV uses a 600 volt bus Valence Technology U-Charge? Phosphate lithium battery system to provide power for the electric transmission system. Valence Technology sophisticated battery is installed in the drive system mounted on each side, provided the total capacity of 85 kwh, and can travel through the regenerative braking during re-charging, but also by the station, plug-in power supply for the period recharge.

Vehicles with the use of traditional fuels in comparison, Optare Solo EV electric vehicle can be in the annual routine maintenance of significant savings for local government.

About Valence Technology, Inc.

Valence Technology, Inc. is developing safe, durable magnesium lithium iron phosphate energy storage solutions, the global leader in the world some of the most innovative and environmentally friendly features to provide support for technology applications. Valence was founded in 1989 and now has been proved to provide the technical and production infrastructure to produce products certified by the ISO and the provision of a wide range of global patent portfolio to protect the production process. Valence Technology Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, consists of five strategic business units: vehicle battery, shipping batteries, stationary batteries, industrial batteries, military batteries. In addition to corporate headquarters in Texas, Valence Technology Inc. has also established a research and development center in Nevada, set up in Northern Ireland Europe / Asia-Pacific sales offices in North America and Europe with global delivery center. Valence Technology Inc. on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol VLNC.

About Optare PLC

Optare based in Leeds, is a global manufacturer of passenger cars and mini buses. Optare along bearing the company’s history of innovation being introduced its weight loss drive system design and optimization of low-carbon passenger cars, fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions for the benchmarking. Optare its low-carbon products provide complete solutions, including improved diesel technology, alternative fuel programs, hybrid systems, and zero-emission electric drive system. The company has two manufacturing center of the North of England, the annual turnover of approximately 90 million pounds.

Honda, Japan’s second-largest auto maker, said head of the company’s R & D, Honda EV Plus battery to stop selling after 10 years of electric vehicles has been skeptical about the market demand.

Honda of Japan Research Institute president long Kawanabe Tomohiko (Tomohiko Kawanabe) in Tokyo northwest and light the city said in an interview: “We are the electric car business confidence. Customers are able to accept a very limited travel distance, and must spend time to charge, and we have no confidence. “skeptical of claims that Nissan chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn’s point of view there are obvious differences, the latter that by 2020 electric cars will occupy the entire vehicle market 10%. Kawanabe, said Honda plans to follow California emissions bill, sales of electric vehicles in the United States. The main purpose of the initiative is to upgrade to new models to improve fuel efficiency. “We really are making the electric car R & D, but I can not say we are a hundred percent sure.” Kawanabe said. April 1 this year, aged 58, replaced the engine experts Kawanabe Takanobu Ito (Takanobu Ito) as Honda R & D center chief executive officer.

Leaf Nissan electric cars will enter the Japanese and U.S. markets this year. Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars use a rechargeable battery can be fully moving the maximum distance of 100 miles (161 km). Of course, if you use air conditioning or prolonged acceleration, making the distance shorter.

California emissions bill.

According to the California Air Resources Board from 2012 to 2014 models introduced in the provisions of California’s largest automobile manufacturers must sell at least 60,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. Nissan’s Ghosn said last week he was set to be achieved by 2012, Nissan produced 500,000 electric cars on target, although lower than the estimated demand figures. Anderman (Menahem Anderman) Oregon City, California, a senior automotive battery consulting company. He said electric cars by 2020 will account for the global market share of more than 1%. Honda R & D in 1988 electric cars between 1997 and 2000 in the United States and Japan, leasing out the 320 EV Plus electric vehicles. Which uses a nickel-hydride battery pack on a single charge can exercise 210 kilometers. Last October’s Tokyo Motor Show, Honda showed a named EV-N concept car. Kawanabe, said the main features of the model is extended gas-electric hybrid models, to improve the gasoline engine. Kawanabe also said that while lack of infrastructure, empowerment is still limited by hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a huge potential market, Honda is still the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as a true zero emission vehicles.

As the world’s largest car maker, Toyota has in 1997 and 2003 in the United States and Japan, sales of electric vehicles were tried, although only the sales of the 1900 RAV4 electric sports car. Kawanabe said that apart from sale of Honda Civic and Insight hybrid two outside the United States is studying the capacity of hybrid vehicles. However, in order to avoid the negative impact of the yen between the U.S. dollar, there is no detailed plans. However, battery, inverter and engine and other core components will continue to export from Japan,.

South Korea (strain) DMS and Yixing Economic Development Zone on the joint construction of crystalline silicon solar cells and solar energy equipment manufacturing success of the project contract. Mayor Wang noted that the Soviet Union, the development zone with South Korea (strain) DMS strategic cooperation, is the development zone to expand opening up, growth of new industries is another important achievement.

The success of the project settled on a new development zone to further improve the energy industry chain, to speed up construction of new energy industry base, gather resources to promote the city’s innovation and industrial transformation and upgrading, will play a very active role. He hoped that the investment side to firmly establish the “quality first, efficiency first”, high standard, and rapid advance of project construction, and strive to start the project early, early completion, early production, as soon as possible to build a successful impact of national and international solar cells and solar energy equipment production base, to achieve win-win development. Development and functions of the departments should earnestly strengthen the sense of service, full support for project construction, to provide quality services for the project to create a good environment.

South Korea (strain) DMS is the world’s leading manufacturer of liquid crystal devices, products accounted for similar products in the world market share of 75%, is the world’s LCD production giant Samsung, LG, CMO, AUO, and other enterprises of the largest equipment suppliers . After signing a contract with the successful development zone, South Korea (strain) DMS will solar cells and the world’s leading high-efficiency solar energy equipment manufacturing base zone, and plans to gradually extend the product to include other areas, including wind turbines. As the city’s first photovoltaic device to introduce the project, the project’s total investment reached 95 million U.S. dollars.

May 17 afternoon, by the People’s Government, Changzhou Tianning, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of organized storage materials and devices, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou Tianning host of “Development of lithium-ion battery and challenges “high-end Office Forum held in Paris Jiuzhou Huanyu. Municipal Committee, vice mayor Yu Zhiping, Tianning People’s Mayor Shi Zhijun, deputy director of Science and Technology Bureau Chen Jianxin, deputy head of the NIE Ming attended the forum. The forum is chaired by the deputy head of the NIE Ming.

The forum has invited international experts in the field of lithium-ion battery, the lithium-ion battery research and industry development, future trends and challenges in studies. Experts attending the forum are: Japan, Saga University, Professor Emeritus, Dr. Fang Mei Masaki, Kanagawa University professor Dr. right Sato, Kyushu University, Institute of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Associate Professor of Mountain wood a Ph.D., CAS Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Assistant Dr. Zhou Guangyuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Research Department, Deputy Director Dr. Deng Pengyang, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellow Mr. Wang Hongyu, Canada grams manganese batteries, chairman, Jiangsu Yi Sida Battery Co., Ltd Technical Director Dr. Pan Qinghai.

Municipal Committee, vice mayor Yu Zhiping delivered an important speech. Yu Zhiping pointed out, China is in a period of rapid economic development can not come in the next few years for the forefront of world development, depends largely on our ability to innovate. Innovation is the sustainable development of the driving force to achieve leapfrog development is the high ground occupied by the only way for a new round of development.

Yu Zhiping emphasized that the new energy Changzhou efforts to build one of the top five industries, is one of the largest economic growth. “Eleventh Five-Year” has been Changzhou rapid development of new energy industries, the scale has grown, the city had nearly a hundred-scale enterprises, to form a photovoltaic, wind, nuclear, solar thermal, biomass, and lithium-based ultra-equipment 10 billion industry.

Yu Zhiping that the new energy industry development must rely Changzhou advantage of the existing industry, human resources and manufacturing base, persist independent innovation and introduction of digestion and absorption combined with efforts to break through key technology, upgrading the energy level, establish new Energy and Industrial Technology Innovation System. Promoting measures in the new energy industry, we should seize the central government will formulate a new energy industry revitalization plan favorable to speed up the popularization and application of new energy and industrial development. As a national innovation pilot cities of Changzhou, the city Planning and policy support should be focused on a variety of functional resources to invest in new energy industry key enterprises and key projects, we have to focus on three to five years to build, Changzhou City, and major new energy industrial base.

Yu Zhiping pointed out that lithium ion batteries, Changzhou Yi Mao, Changzhou up legislation, Yi Sida companies large number of enterprises engaged in the lithium cathode material, separator, battery assembly and electric vehicle applications in the field of R & D and production, has begun to form complete industry chain from top to bottom. Recently, from the CAS Changchun, the host should be based founder of Changzhou, Changzhou Institute of Energy Storage Materials and Devices. Changzhou storage Court anode material for lithium-ion batteries will be, the main direction of the electrolyte R & D, strong technical support and advanced equipment for enterprises of Changzhou City advanced R & D testing services platform. Changzhou Institute of setting up storage, marking Changzhou in the lithium-ion battery industry chain and improve its capacity for independent innovation will be faster and more enhanced effect will be more effectively integrated industry.

Yu Zhiping hope that the experts participating in the Forum, distinguished scholars Changzhou new industries, new energy industries put forward good suggestions, I hope the relevant research institutions in line to the international forefront of technology to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, to promote the region experienced rapid growth in lithium battery , thus boosting the city’s ability to improve business innovation and accelerate the pace of building innovative city of Changzhou.

Low-carbon economy is the development trend of the global economy, China is an active advocate of low-carbon economy, the electric car industry as an important pillar of a low carbon economy, its potential immeasurable. The world’s leading growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan believes that in the next 10 years, China’s auto industry by the fossil fuel-driven electric powertrain to the critical period of transition, is a local electric powertrain suppliers face a major opportunity. Power Li-ion battery electric powertrain is the core component of the cost of powertrain accounting for 50% -70% of cost, power lithium battery industry in China’s auto industry is facing a major transformation in the process of development opportunities.

Goes hand in hand with the opportunities that have to face the crises, Frost & Sullivan believes that China power lithium battery industry overcapacity and foreign squeeze the two most pressing challenges.

Capacity serious overconsumption – 2015 An annual capacity of nearly 4.0 billion, the demand for security only when 900 million

Vehicle companies and traditional automotive parts company, manufacturer of non-automotive batteries, lithium battery manufacturers and other upstream materials, institutions have access to power lithium battery production, end 2010, China power capacity of 2 billion lithium battery safety industry, the main distribution In the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, Northeast and Tianjin-Tangshan area auto industry gathering, in which capacity of 700 million security PRD, the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing, Tianjin and the Northeast, and production were 3-4 billion Ah.

2015 lithium battery investment will continue to step forward. Puulaid Beijing, Shanghai Czech Republic and other OEMs to 3 years shareholding enterprises lithium production base will be put into production; power of God and the Boston Energy recently launched in Chongqing power lithium battery production bases; universal, lithium, BYD, and other enterprises have announced capacity expansion plans. Under a series of investments, Frost & Sullivan believe that in 2015, the Chinese power lithium battery production capacity to 39 when the Yian. The 2015 passenger vehicles EV / PHEV and electric commercial vehicle demand in the 120,000 or so, need to consume about 900 million lithium battery safety, the only current production capacity of 23%.

Much foreign capital squeeze – As of 2010, foreign giants have entered the four vehicle Supply System

Power Li-ion battery industry in China is not only its own overcapacity facing difficulties, but also the face of fierce foreign competition dynamic lithium giants. End 2010, foreign lithium giant plant through a joint venture entered into supply agreements or the way one after another into the Chinese electric vehicle lithium battery supply system.

Among them, the American way of A123 Systems joint venture plant into SAIC’s supply system. December 2009, Shanghai Automotive and the United States joint venture A123 Systems battery power system for the new Shanghai Jie Co., Ltd., to jointly develop, manufacture and sales of automotive power lithium battery, with total investment of 20 million U.S. dollars.

South Korea’s SK Energy, South Korea’s LG Chemical, Denmark, the way Lynx Zeyi supply agreement has entered China in 2010, the supply system OEMs.

In early 2010, BAIC and South Korean electric car manufacturer CT & T, lithium battery manufacturer SK Energy signed a cooperation agreement, to be in the Beijing production of electric cars, driven by the SK Energy is responsible for the supply of lithium.

February 2010, Changan Automobile, and LG Chemical sign supply agreement power lithium battery, LG Chemical will begin the second half of 2010 to provide Chang’an hybrid battery, then gradually expanded to Chang’an pure electric vehicles.

April 2010, Geely’s LG Chemical Volvo and lithium long-term supply agreement signed. In addition, the Danish Lynx agreement with Geely, Geely put into the European market, the first electric car Nanoq in small batch production, the supply of lithium batteries by the Danish Lynx.

Data show that foreign power lithium battery manufacturers have electric auto parts supply market in China eyeing, and to the rapid pace of entry into the Chinese market in full swing, trying to seize power lithium battery electric vehicles in China supply market opportunities, which the domestic lithium battery suppliers unprecedented challenges.