The big news there was the decision to manufacture the new juice box in Michigan

General Motors didn’t even bother with a car, merely showing the lithium-ion battery pack that will one day power the Chevrolet Volt extended-range HP Compaq NX6320 Battery electric vehicle. The big news there was the decision to manufacture the new juice box in Michigan, in an effort to bring the technology in-house, and jobs back to the state.

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But Uchiyamada, who is leading Toyota’s effort to make auto production greener, acknowledged such efforts hadn’t yet extended to battery production HP Compaq NX6325 Battery because of the problems keeping up with demand.”That has to settle down first,” said Uchiyamada, an engineer who helped develop the Prius.

Toyota said last week its hybrid-battery joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which HP Compaq nx6330 Battery makes Panasonic products, will begin producing next-generation lithium-ion batteries in 2009, and move into full-scale production in 2010.

Terms of the five-year supply agreement were not disclosed, but the companies have set a production target of 5,000 units a year. The cells Sony VGP-BPS2B Battery will initially be produced at the supplier’s facility in France but eventually be assembled in the United States.

“As U.S. vehicle manufacturers commercialize their hybrid programs, the industry will be best served with a qualified and robust domestic supply base,” said Alex Molinaroli, president Sony VGP-BPS2A/S Battery of Johnson Controls Power Solutions.

Johnson Controls-Saft is a joint venture between auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc. and Paris-based battery producer Saft SA.

Still, developing a safe plug-in has been a major challenge for automakers, and it was unclear Sony VGP-BPS2A Battery what sort of standards the BYD vehicle had met.

BYD, a private company based in Shenzhen, started out as a maker of rechargeable batteries. Its foray into electric car manufacturing drew Sony VGP-BPS2 Battery broader attention recently when MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., invested in a 9.9 percent stake in the company.

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