Boracay is certainly a long way from Indiana. But business is business, and EnerDel has found some on that island in the Philippines. And, to quote the hip-hop lexicon, there's some three-wheeled motion to boot.
The Indianapolis-based company reached what it says is a "long-term" agreement with GerWeiss Motors Corp. in the Philippines to supply lithium-ion battery packs for the motorized three-wheeled vehicles that are used to ferry people around the four-square-mile island of about 12,000 people. The three-kilowatt-hour battery packs will be able to provide as many as five hours of driving on a single charge. GerWeiss plans to convert up to 500 three-wheelers to electric power by 2016 and says it may expand the program to other parts of the Philippines. Boracay is about 200 miles south of Manila.
Indianapolis-based EnerDel, whose automotive customers once included Volvo for the all-electric version of the Volvo C30 and Think with its City EV, was last heard around these parts on the fall of 2012. That's when the company said it was trying to reinvent itself by reducing its dependence on electric vehicle companies and putting more emphasis on batteries geared towards grid and home energy storage as well as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Earlier that year, EnerDel parent Ener1 declared bankruptcy and subsequently restructured. Check out EnerDel's press release below.
The Indianapolis-based company reached what it says is a "long-term" agreement with GerWeiss Motors Corp. in the Philippines to supply lithium-ion battery packs for the motorized three-wheeled vehicles that are used to ferry people around the four-square-mile island of about 12,000 people. The three-kilowatt-hour battery packs will be able to provide as many as five hours of driving on a single charge. GerWeiss plans to convert up to 500 three-wheelers to electric power by 2016 and says it may expand the program to other parts of the Philippines. Boracay is about 200 miles south of Manila.
Indianapolis-based EnerDel, whose automotive customers once included Volvo for the all-electric version of the Volvo C30 and Think with its City EV, was last heard around these parts on the fall of 2012. That's when the company said it was trying to reinvent itself by reducing its dependence on electric vehicle companies and putting more emphasis on batteries geared towards grid and home energy storage as well as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Earlier that year, EnerDel parent Ener1 declared bankruptcy and subsequently restructured. Check out EnerDel's press release below.
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