{"id":566647,"date":"2010-05-17T11:52:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gas2.org\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:52:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:52:47","slug":"a123-systems%e2%80%99-lithium-ion-battery-to-help-revive-u-s-manufacturing-sector-with-more-green-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/566647","title":{"rendered":"A123 Systems\u2019 Lithium-Ion Battery to Help Revive U.S. Manufacturing Sector with More Green Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7866\" title=\"A123 to manufacture lithium ion batteries in us\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/gas2\/files\/2010\/05\/A123-to-manufacture-lithium-ion-batteries-in-us.jpg\" alt=\"A123 will bring more green jobs to the U.S., with a new Li-ion battery factory in Livonia, Michigan\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A123 Systems is bringing <a title=\"a123 press release\" href=\"http:\/\/ir.a123systems.com\/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=437661\" >more green jobs to Michigan<\/a> with a gigantic new 300,000 square foot factory for its lithium-ion batteries, thanks to a whopping $249 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.\u00a0 The move follows a decision a few years back by A123 to start manufacturing in China.<\/p>\n<p>As profiled in the <a title=\"la times article via edmund.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sc-dc-battery-manufacturing-20100429,0,4848511.story\" >LA Times<\/a>, the move speaks volumes about the ability of new green tech to create jobs and lift the U.S. out of its economic doldrums &#8211; if it gets support from the investment community.<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/gas2.org\/2010\/05\/17\/a123-systems-lithium-ion-battery-to-help-revive-u-s-manufacturing-sector-with-more-green-jobs\/#more-7853\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A123 Systems is bringing more green jobs to Michigan with a gigantic new 300,000 square foot factory for its lithium-ion batteries, thanks to a whopping $249 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.\u00a0 The move follows a decision a few years back by A123 to start manufacturing in China. As profiled in the LA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}