DOE Announces Battery and EV Grant Winners

The Department of Energy announced the winners yesterday of $2.4 billion in grants for the advancement of battery and electric vehicle technology.  The money was broken down into three major areas:  $1.5 billion for the manufacture of batteries and their components and battery recycling, $500 million for the manufacture of electric drive train components and $400 million for the purchase, deployment and evaluation of PHEVs and all-electric vehicles, electric charging infrastructure and EV-related education and training.

The highly-competitive grant program had 48 lucky winners spread across the country.  Larger corporations took a bigger share than smaller ventures, with one notable exception.  Battery start-up A123 Systems, Inc. raked in the second largest single grant of $249 million for the development and production of their battery pack systems.

The big auto-makers were well-represented.  GM, Ford and Chrysler received over $400 million combined for the development and deployment of their individual EV projects.

Here are some of the biggest winners in this grant program:

• Johnson Controls: $299.2 million
• A123Systems: $249.1 million
• General Motors: $240 million
• Dow Kokam: $161 million
• Compact Power, on behalf of LG Chem: $151.4 million
• EnerDel: $118.5 million
• Ford Motor: $100 million
• Saft America: $95.5 million
• Delphi Automotive Systems: $89.3 million
• Chrysler: $73 million
• Polypore subsidiary Celgard: $49.2 million
• UQM Technologies: $45.1 million
• Magna E-Car Systems of America: $40 million
• Exide Technologies with Axion Power International: $34.3 million
• Smith Electric: $10 million

You can see the full list of winners here (PDF), as well as distribution maps (PDF).

via DOE

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