Delphi Automotive Systems in Indiana wins federal grant to develop new auto battery technology
By APMonday, October 26, 2009
Delphi gets $6.7M for battery research in Indiana
KOKOMO, Ind. — Delphi Automotive Systems will develop more efficient car batteries with help from a $6.7 million federal grant.
U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., says the economic stimulus funds will finance research into technology designed to improve power delivery from batteries to electric motors.
Bayh’s office says in a written release that the Delphi project is among 37 initiatives selected Monday by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program to invest in the energy sector.
The Indianapolis Star says Delphi and International Rectifier, an El Segundo, Calif.-based producer of high-tech electronics hardware, will work with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to take the power electronics technology from the laboratory to the prototype stage.
