By Drew Johnson
Thursday, Aug 9th, 2007 @ 12:17 pm

General Motors has announced that it will enter into a partnership with A123 Systems Inc. to co-develop a safe and long lasting lithium-ion battery for use in future vehicles, such as the 2010 Chevrolet Volt . This news comes just hours after Toyota announced that it would delay its launch of lithium-ion battery hybrids until 2011 due to the possibility of the batteries overheating, leading to fire or explosion.
While Toyota was concerned with the safety of their lithium-ion batteries , GM plans on using a more chemically stable design to prevent any kind of disaster. The new lithium-ion battery design, which could see duty as early as 2009 in the Saturn Vue Green Line, will help GM with future plug-in hybrids as well as hydrogen fuel-cell designs.

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