Those lithium ion and nanotech batteries ... Johnson Controls Inc., told a congressional panel today that U.S. auto suppliers need the federal government's help to create the high-tech future-car ...

These two big machines will go up against each other for hybrid luxury car supremacy sometime next year. Johnson Controls-Saft Announces Second Lithium-Ion Hybrid Battery Production Contract ...

Senator John McCain on June 23 proposed giving a $300 million prize to the inventor of the next big thing in electric car batteries, an offer that played well at battery-maker Johnson Controls Inc.

Johnson Controls-Saft will supply the complete battery system ... with an estimated fuel economy improvement of 60 percent to 100 percent. The battery will power the car on full electric for 40 miles ...