Enerdel Business
Business
Company Name:
EnerDel
Founded:
2004
EnerDel has two state-of-the-art production facilities in the Indianapolis area. Cell manufacturing is performed at the Hague Road facility, which has 92,000 square feet of manufacturing and engineering space. Battery pack assembly and testing is performed at the Noblesville location, which holds 35,000 square feet of manufacturing and general purpose space. The two plants currently employ 150 workers.
Current production capacity is 10,000 electric vehicle (EV) packs per year, equivalent to 100,000 hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) packs. Capacity will peak at 30,000 EV packs per year in the current Indiana-based facilities at full utilization.
On receipt of the conditional $118.5 million in federal grants from the US Department of Energy (DOE), EnerDel will double this number by 2012, to give a production capacity of 60,000 EV (600,000 HEV) packs per year, creating an estimated 1,700 new jobs in the State of Indiana. Under the plan submitted to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVMIP), EnerDel will double this number again by 2015, to give a total production capacity of 120,000 EV (1,200,000 HEV) packs per year, creating in excess of 3,000 new jobs.
Last August, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation extended to EnerDel up to $7.125 M in performance-based tax credits and up to $58,000 in training grants based on the company’s job creation plans.
Strategic Alliances
• Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• ITOCHU, the largest global reseller of manufacturing equipment for lithium-ion batteries
• Kyushu Electric Power (KEPCO) to customize rapid recharging technology with EnerDel software
Customer Account Types
• Original Equipment Manufacturers
• Large Original Equipment Manufacturers
• Tier 1 Automotive Part Suppliers
Current Automotive Clients/Projects
• Th!nk Global of Oslo, Norway to provide Batteries for the Th!nk City Vehicle
• Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) to Supply Batteries for Advanced Urban Transit Buses
• Fisker Automotive Letter of Intent signed anticipating the supply of batteries for the Fisker Karma
• Nissan Automotive research development project for improved electrolyte (energy-conducting material)
Government Funding Opportunities
• Proposed award of $118.5 Million under Federal Stimulus Act to expand production capabilities for automotive energy delivery systems
• Awarded $3.4 M contract with DOE to develop technologies to eliminate overcharging in lithium-ion cells
• Awarded $2.5 M contract with DOE to develop PHEV technology
• Awarded $4.4 M with DOD to develop high performance batteries for military and anode to increase battery lifespan
• Awarded $6.5 M for Phase II of USABC contract to develop HEV technology