LG Chem of South Korea will be supplying lithium-ion batteries to CT&T, the South Korean based LSV manufacturer. CT&T last year won a contract to supply 4,000 LSVs to California police departments, and is currently looking around the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas for locations to build assembly plants. Learn more: Tradingmarkets.com
Zytek of Great Britain will be providing the Navistar and Modec joint venture with a 70kw electric powertrain for the venture’s commercial electric trucks being marketed in the Americas. Four hundred of the trucks will be produced in 2010 using $39 million in grant money from the US government. Learn more: Autoevolution.com