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Lacey: America Excels at Inventing Energy Technologies, Not Manufacturing Them
“A-one-two-three systems was supposed to represent the next generation of U.S. Manufacturing. Instead, it showed how America excels at inventing new energy technologies, but not building them.”
Coppola: Lack of Further Government Aid Was A123 Systems' Death Knell
“So I think the fact that the government did not step up further, yeah, I think it was the death knell. That was their last chance, and it didn't come through.”
Coppola: Marchionne tore up Chrysler's anchor battery deal with A123
“So he ended up That, like, basically ripping up the deal with, ah, A-one-two-three and picking, ah, Bosch. So basically A-one-two-three lost its anchor contract to make, ah, you know, hybrids or make electrified cars.”
Coppola: Manufacturing requires massive upfront capital and volume unlike software
“Anyone who's, you know, familiar with manufacturing, you know, it's a lot tougher than like, oh, hey, I just wrote an app, and now I'm generating some revenue or something. You basically invest billions of dollars or hundreds of millions of dollars up front An…”