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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 31 > Electric-car battery plants get a jump-start

Electric-car battery plants get a jump-start

Firms large and small are competing for $2B in grants from Energy Department

By Steven Mufson / The Bulletin
July 31, 2009

WASHINGTON " The Energy Department is getting ready to hand out about $2 billion in grants to create a domestic industry for electric-car batteries, and 122 companies are scrambling to get pieces.

The companies range from small niche firms to giants such as Dow Chemical and Johnson....

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