A123 ramps up trailer-sized batteries for the grid (Boston)
A123 Systems Inc. isn’t just getting bigger as a company. Its products are getting bigger, too — much bigger.
Selling batteries for Black and Decker power tools put the Watertown-based lithium ion battery company on the map in 2005. But A123 has been putting less emphasis on consumer products as it’s shifted into electric car batteries and tractor-trailer-sized batteries for electric grid uses.
“Over the last few years, we were really focusing on the transportation market, just because you have to put in a lot of infrastructure in order to pursue that business,” said Andy Chu, the company’s vice president of marketing and communications. “We’re well down that path now, so we’re actually devoting more resources to the grid.”
It’s that side of the business that has A123 expanding in Massachusetts. The company already manufactures the trailer-sized battery systems — which are used to help stabilize electric grids — in Hopkinton.
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