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"Magna Steyr To Produce Lithium-Ion Batteries For Volvo

July 13, 2009
Magna Steyr, an operating unit of Magna International Inc., will produce lithium-ion battery systems incorporating A123Systems’ 32113 lithium-ion cells for Volvo Group.
The battery systems will be integrated into Volvo’s city buses, heavy-duty distribution vehicles and refuse trucks using the I-SAM parallel hybrid system.
Battery production will begin in August 2009 at Magna Steyr’s facility in Graz, Austria.
Founded in 2001, A123 was born out of research labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was funded initially with a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
In addition to Magna Steyr, companies using A123 batteries, battery systems and technology in the fields of transportation, grid energy storage and portable power include AES, BAE Systems, Better Place, Black and Decker, Cessna, Chrysler, Daimler, Delphi, Duke Energy, General Motors, Google.org, LADWP, Madison Gas and Electric, Mercedes Benz High Performance Engines, Proctor and Gamble, Sempra and Volvo Truck."