Published: Mon, 1 Jun 2009
Description: (NECN: Jennifer Eagan, Worcester, Mass.) - General Motors' bankruptcy announcement on money has many questioning the future of the American automobile industry. One woman said that she knows the answer -- so confident that she announced he...
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" chapter eleven the Massachusetts battery manufacturers. Looking to the future of the auto industry. Boston power plans to open a new factory in the state that would make batteries for hybrid and electric cars and create hundreds of jobs. The news comes just six months after the start up announced a big deal with Hewlett-Packard. Jennifer Regan has more on this growing company that started with two people working in Iraq."
" hormone has been out of work for more than a year most of the jobs that I would normally do. I'm have been sent to India so the former computer programmer checked out an event held by Boston power Monday. The west -- based company produces lithium ion batteries this afternoon founder and CEO doctor Christina -- be on the -- announced plans to renovate an old Filene's basement distribution facility in Auburn into a manufacturing plant. The company would make state of the -- batteries for plug in hybrid and battery electric vehicles like this one but introduce. About street that entire card. They can basically enable. Emission free driving right now the majority of lithium ion batteries in the world are made an Asia. Boston power claims it makes the longest lasting fastest charging in most environmentally sustainable product on the market. State leaders hope up Clinton offered would jump start the alternative energy industry in Massachusetts if we hit it clean and keep right is the lieutenant it's the whole world via fast the whole world. Boston power is the extent in that direction but the manufacturing plant isn't a done -- yet Boston power's still waiting on 100 million dollars of federal stimulus money to come through if -- case against read correctly. We have a good chance. I'm winning because our technology works if the money pans out the state would -- in nine million dollars work on the facility could begin as soon as late summer. Owners plan to have the plant up and running within three years bringing 600 jobs in clean energy with it. Randy hormone is hoping to get on board much sooner."
" May -- extra work through with the some training you know even on a part time basis to get my foot in the door. You're gonna be creative nowadays to get back to work."
" In Auburn Massachusetts Jennifer Egan -- again."