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Ford using liquid battery coolant in electric cars

Bloomberg BusinessWeek -- Ford says its Focus Electric compact car, which comes out late next year, will use cooled and heated liquid instead of air to regulate the temperature of its lithium-ion battery.

It's the same liquid-based technology that General Motors is using for the battery in its Chevrolet Volt electric car, which is scheduled to go on sale in November. Compact Power Inc., a subsidiary of Korean battery maker LG Chem, is making the batteries for both automakers.

The Nissan Leaf, an electric car set to debut in December, uses an air-cooled lithium-ion battery.

Ford says liquid systems are more effective than air ones at regulating battery temperatures. But the Leaf has matched the Volt's eight-year, 100,000-mile battery warranty.

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Kamakani Champion Author Hawaii Posts:2,391 Points:956,755 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 3:46:31 AM Ignore Kamakani Report Abuse I always wondered how they kept those batteries cool. Do they use the heat produced to heat the car in the winter?
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:43,428 Points:1,716,005 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 10:10:07 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse bluehawk43 wrote: >Interesting that an American company can't make >the batteries. Johnson Controls can probably make the batteries, but not at a price that the sharp-penciled accountants would like to pay.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:4,726 Points:984,350 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 2:44:49 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse Interesting idea... hopefully, it'll work well.
SVmike Champion Author California Posts:1,426 Points:307,850 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 2:24:07 PM Ignore SVmike Report Abuse bluehawk43: "Interesting that an American company can't make the batteries. " I don't think it is that they can't, it is the price.
Night Owl Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,290 Points:1,337,625 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 2:08:35 PM Ignore Night Owl Report Abuse Sounds like Ford knows what they're doing. And all without any taxpayer bailout money!!
Huskersed All-Star Author Atlanta Posts:703 Points:337,950 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 10:27:12 AM Ignore Huskersed Report Abuse It should reduce Michigan unemployment rate a little bit by building those there.
realtorguzzler Champion Author Florida Posts:1,488 Points:259,210 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 10:07:40 AM Ignore realtorguzzler Report Abuse There are many things NOT made in America. We're transferring the technology faster than you can blink your eye. Last seen on the WSJ two days ago, no American company can make the glass panels for a building in the USA. The only company that can make it is China!
bluehawk43 All-Star Author Arkansas Posts:679 Points:503,890 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 8:45:15 AM Ignore bluehawk43 Report Abuse Interesting that an American company can't make the batteries.