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The response from families was surprise at how long the old systems had lasted as well as requests to include a wider range of consoles in subsequent battery group tests.
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After its bankruptcy sale to Chinese auto supplier Wanxiang Group, battery-maker A123 Systems Inc. was required to change its name as part of its agreement.
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Wanxiang Group is also vying to acquire battery company A123 Systems.
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Last month lithium-ion battery firm, A123 was sold to Wanxiang Group, an auto-parts conglomerate controlled by billionaire Lu Guanqiu.
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The group recommended automakers install switches that would kill battery power in the event of an accident.
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First, A123 filed for bankruptcy and agreed to sell its electric car battery business to Johnson Controls, apparently cutting out Wanxiang Group Corp.
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The NTSB said a group of experts would meet in Arizona this week, where the battery charger is manufactured by Securaplane Technologies, to test and examine the part.
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In a report released on Wednesday, the Regional Plan Association, a nonprofit urban research group, said many of the city's largest projects, from Battery Park City to the revamping of Columbus Circle, have dragged on for years longer than initially projected.
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Wanxiang Group, controlled by billionaire Lu Guanqiu, won control of Waltham, Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 at an auction last month, though the transaction faces political opposition.
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So, crawling out on a limb, he asked BorgWarner's strategy board for funds so that he and a small group of engineers could begin work on a new turbocharging system that would draw its power from the supersize battery instead of the car's exhaust system.
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