Cobasys Awarded USABC Contract for Advanced

- U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) awards $8.4 million to Cobasys for the development of high-energy density lithium-ion battery cells and packs

- Project allows Cobasys, a subsidiary of SB LiMotive, to further align battery development to North American automaker needs

- USABC award co-funded by U.S. Department of Energy. Cobasys to provide 50 percent cost share

SB LiMotive starts production of lithium-ion cells

Bosch and Samsung SDI’s joint venture en route to success. New manufacturing facility opened in Ulsan, Korea.

- Cell manufacturing plant constructed in just nine months

- Long-term alliance reaches a further milestone

SB LiMotive to provide lithium-ion battery packs for Fiat 500EV

- Supply of lithium-ion battery packs marks first step for SB LiMotive to the U.S. EV market

- Battery supplier for the first commercial electric vehicle program of Chrysler LLC and the Fiat Group

- Production on the all-new full electric vehicle to begin in 2012

The car batteries of the future - Cost, energy density, and safety are central

- Large-scale series production of battery cells to begin in 2011

- 650 associates in all three major economic regions of the world

- Engineering and manufacturing capacity to be further expanded

- Development of battery systems in Stuttgart, Germany

SB LiMotive at the IAA 2009 - Lithium-ion technology for the automotive battery of the future

Stuttgart/Seoul - SB LiMotive – the joint venture of Samsung SDI and Bosch – will supply BMW with lithium-ion battery cells. The German automaker will use them in the electric vehicles that are being developed for its "Megacity Vehicle" project and which are set to go into series production in the first half of the next decade.

Groundbreaking ceremony in Korea for lithium‐ion cell production SB LiMotive plans start of production for 2011

Stuttgart/Seoul - By breaking ground for a manufacturing site in Ulsan, Korea, the Samsung SDI and Bosch joint venture SB LiMotive is gearing up for series production of lithium‐ion battery cells. On September 10, 2009, the foundation stone was laid for the first of three construction phases.

First customer for the joint venture set up in 2008 SB LiMotive to supply lithium-ion battery cells for BMW’s "Megacity Vehicle" project

Stuttgart/Seoul – SB LiMotive – the Samsung SDI and Bosch joint venture – will supply lithiumion battery cells to BMW.

Lithium-ion batteries - The future for hybrid and electric vehicles

Bosch pursuing long-term strategy to increase use of electric motors in drivetrains