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09-14-2006, 12:01 AM
Hybrid battery systems JCI sells to car makers cost from $800 to $1,600. (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2006-09-11T193418Z_01_N11200284_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-AUTOS-SUMMIT-JOHNSON-HYBRIDS-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=Home-C4-Business-ousiv-8&from=business)
Reuter’s - Sept. 11, 2006
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DETROIT - Over the next decade, hybrid engines could be put into 5 to 8 percent of new cars built worldwide, a top executive at auto parts supplier Johnson Controls Inc. said on Monday.
That would mark exponential growth from their current market share of less than 1 percent.
"Clearly we see hybrids playing a significant role," said Gregg Sherrill, group vice president and general manager of power solutions at Johnson, which makes batteries used in hybrid cars. "There will probably be multiple technologies; I don't see hybrids taking over 100 percent of vehicle builds."
Hybrid cars, which couple a traditional internal combustion engine with an electric motor and batteries to save gasoline, currently account for about 1 percent of new car sales in the United States.
Key to increasing hybrids' share of the market will be lowering their cost, Sherrill said at the Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit. He said the hybrid battery systems his company sells to car makers cost from $800 to $1,600, compared with $25 to $30 for a traditional car battery.
"This is a fairly high cost right now because the economies of scale are not there," Sherrill said. "It's the matter of getting through this phase of the initial interest, initial hype, to gain sufficient volume where we can succeed through economies of scale in driving the costs down."
In addition to selling batteries for new hybrid cars, Sherrill said the company would also have a chance to sell replacement batteries. The batteries used in hybrid cars are warranted to last for about 100,000 miles.
Reuter’s - Sept. 11, 2006
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2007_Ford_Fusion.jpg
Ford Fusion - Possible next gen PHEV using JCI Li-Ion’s?
DETROIT - Over the next decade, hybrid engines could be put into 5 to 8 percent of new cars built worldwide, a top executive at auto parts supplier Johnson Controls Inc. said on Monday.
That would mark exponential growth from their current market share of less than 1 percent.
"Clearly we see hybrids playing a significant role," said Gregg Sherrill, group vice president and general manager of power solutions at Johnson, which makes batteries used in hybrid cars. "There will probably be multiple technologies; I don't see hybrids taking over 100 percent of vehicle builds."
Hybrid cars, which couple a traditional internal combustion engine with an electric motor and batteries to save gasoline, currently account for about 1 percent of new car sales in the United States.
Key to increasing hybrids' share of the market will be lowering their cost, Sherrill said at the Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit. He said the hybrid battery systems his company sells to car makers cost from $800 to $1,600, compared with $25 to $30 for a traditional car battery.
"This is a fairly high cost right now because the economies of scale are not there," Sherrill said. "It's the matter of getting through this phase of the initial interest, initial hype, to gain sufficient volume where we can succeed through economies of scale in driving the costs down."
In addition to selling batteries for new hybrid cars, Sherrill said the company would also have a chance to sell replacement batteries. The batteries used in hybrid cars are warranted to last for about 100,000 miles.