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TRUCKS' PRODUCT: BATTERIES * USA
* Firefly Energy raises $16M for powered-up lead acid batteries
Peoria,ILL,USA -VentureBeat (Fremont,CA), By Jremy Jacquot -May 5, 2008: -- The Peoria, Ill., startup capped off a $16 million third round of funding to continue developing and marketing its carbon and graphite foam-based battery technologies for commercial and military use... Firefly, which claims its lead acid batteries are cheaper, lighter and more powerful than conventional ones, will release the Oasis battery this summer. Intended for use in long-haul trucks, the battery will power sleeper cabs when the truck’s diesel engine is idling to reduce fuel emissions...
* Mass. firm gets $12.5M plug-in battery contract
Watertown,Mass,USA -The Detroit News -6 May 2008: -- The United States Advanced Battery Consortium, an organization whose members are Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., announced the award of a $12.5 million plug-in hybrid electric battery technology development contract to A123Systems Inc. of Watertown, Mass... USABC awarded the contract in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy...
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