GERMANY/SOUTH KOREA: Bosch-Samsung to supply BMW batteries
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 3 August 2009
BMW has chosen Bosch's joint venture with Samsung SDI to supply lithium-ion battery cells for the carmaker's Megacity electric vehicle project due in 2011-2015.
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