VL already has a relationship with Fisker, and Wanxiang had purchased Fisker's battery supplier A123 Systems out of bankruptcy.

It has also provided batteries to Ford for electric cars, and in 2008 became the first qualified battery supplier for BMW MINI E.

In 2004, Rayovac successfully underbid Energizer as RadioShack's battery supplier.

Much of that bridge loan came from one of its battery suppliers, EnerDel.

Apple says the problem "has been traced to a single battery supplier that produced batteries with a manufacturing defect.

Although Green Vehicles has not publicly released the name of their battery supplier, they have confirmed that they are headquartered in California.

However, this issue has been resolved since early 2009 with its new battery supplier.

In early 2009, the issue of short run time has been resolved with the new battery supplier.

This was the first joint venture between a Chinese automaker and a non-Chinse battery supplier.

According to the company: "This issue has been traced to a single battery supplier that produced batteries with a manufacturing defect.