Quallion LLC has announced that it has submitted a proposal to the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a grant under the Recovery Act — Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.
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The company hopes to build a new US$220m ‘state-of-the-art’ lithium ion battery manufacturing facility in Southern California that will directly support President Obama’s goal to ‘Get One Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015’.
Also, the expansion of Quallion’s American-grown operations will significantly increase America’s influence in the lithium ion battery industry, which is currently dominated by Asian companies, it says.
“Now, more than ever, America understands the need to invest in home-grown clean energy technologies for automobiles and heavy-duty trucks that reduce gasoline consumption and decrease CO2 emissions,” said Paul Beach, Quallion President.
“Lithium ion batteries manufactured in Quallion’s new facility will deliver a real and immediate clean energy solution that will also greatly improve our country’s energy independence and deliver jobs when Americans need them most.”
If its DOE bid is accepted, the construction of Quallion’s facility will immediately create more than 500 construction and manufacturing jobs. Once completed, the facility has the potential to create up to 2,350 long-term skilled American jobs in Southern California and across the country, supporting the production and installation of advanced lithium ion battery technology for heavy duty trucks.
The facility, which will be fully operational by 2012, could produce more than 20,000 lithium ion batteries each year, Quallion says.
