RELEASED ON 24/12/12 (DD/MM/YY)

Nissan has started up a lithium-ion battery plant, located next
to an assembly plant for the automaker's Leaf all-electric car in Smyrna,
TN, USA. With an output capacity of up to 200,000 units/y of batteries, the
plant was opened on the second anniversary of the launching of Leaf. A $1.4
bn Department of Energy loan guarantee funded the battery and auto plant
retooling projects.

SOURCE Chemical and Engineering News