FordMotorCompany has selectedCompactPowerIncorporated (CPI), asubsidiary of LG Chem, to buildlithium-ionbattery packsfor the Ford Focus Electric, which will go onsaleinthe us in 2011.
One example is a breakthrough agreement between the UAW and GM that will allow GM to build the next-generation Chevrolet Aveo compact profitably in the United States.