The car batteries of the future - Cost, energy density, and safety are central

- Large-scale series production of battery cells to begin in 2011

- 650 associates in all three major economic regions of the world

- Engineering and manufacturing capacity to be further expanded

- Development of battery systems in Stuttgart, Germany

SB LiMotive at the IAA 2009 - Lithium-ion technology for the automotive battery of the future

Stuttgart/Seoul - SB LiMotive – the joint venture of Samsung SDI and Bosch – will supply BMW with lithium-ion battery cells. The German automaker will use them in the electric vehicles that are being developed for its "Megacity Vehicle" project and which are set to go into series production in the first half of the next decade.

Groundbreaking ceremony in Korea for lithium‐ion cell production SB LiMotive plans start of production for 2011

Stuttgart/Seoul - By breaking ground for a manufacturing site in Ulsan, Korea, the Samsung SDI and Bosch joint venture SB LiMotive is gearing up for series production of lithium‐ion battery cells. On September 10, 2009, the foundation stone was laid for the first of three construction phases.

First customer for the joint venture set up in 2008 SB LiMotive to supply lithium-ion battery cells for BMW’s "Megacity Vehicle" project

Stuttgart/Seoul – SB LiMotive – the Samsung SDI and Bosch joint venture – will supply lithiumion battery cells to BMW.

Bosch and Samsung joint venture for lithium-ion batteries starts operations

Stuttgart / Seoul – The fifty-fifty joint venture “SB LiMotive Co. Ltd.” of

Bosch and Samsung SDI has started its operations on September 1, 2008.

Authorities approve Bosch and Samsung joint venture for lithium-ion batteries

Stuttgart – In June 2008, Robert Bosch GmbH and Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. signed an agreement to form a fifty-fifty joint venture to develop, manufacture, and sell lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications. All the relevant authorities have now given their approval for the joint venture.