Battery from Westborough firm will power new all-electric Saab - lithium battery pack
Saab Motor Co. , a Swedish carmaker, will release its first
Electric vehicles powered by Boston batteries-Power Inc. of Westborough. The Saab 9-
Three electric sports cars will be eliminated.
30 points at the Paris auto show
"I'm very excited," Boston said . "
Christina Lampe, president of power-
Onnerud says her company's battery will deliver superior performance to the car.
"The car has a mileage of 27% more per weight and volume than any other [electric vehicle]," she said . ".
Saab previously owned by General Motors
It was sold to Spyker in the Netherlands earlier this year.
The company plans to produce 70 out of 9.
EPowers for future electric vehicle design.
The company will test these vehicles in Sweden in the next two years, but Lampe-
Onnerud said Saab had promised to send her one.
EPower is the standard Saab 9-
Remove 3 models of gasoline engine and transmission system.
Instead, it is equipped with a 184-
Horsepower electric motor driving the front wheel of the car, and Boston-Power lithium-
Ion battery pack.
Saab expects ePower to travel 124 miles on a single charge.
The car will accelerate from zero to 62 miles per hour in eight hours.
5 seconds to reach the highest speed of 93 miles per hour. Lampe-
Onnerud said that the charging speed of the car will depend on the type of charging device used.
But she said Boston-
The power battery can be charged to full power in one hour, reaching 80% of the capacity in 30 minutes.
Boston, June-
Power said it plans to double its overseas workforce in Massachusetts, which has 110 workers, and 400 workers, most of them in Taiwan.
The company also said it plans to set up a battery factory in Europe or China.
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