Russia to get lithium battery production courtesy of Thunder Sky
http://green.autoblog.com/2009/12/31/russia-to-get-lithium-battery-production-courtesy-of-thunder-sky/
"... Russia is to get its first lithium ion battery production facility with a little help from China's Thunder Sky Energy Group Ltd. The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), an entity formed to advance projects with "high commercial potential or social benefit," has teamed up with the prolific battery maker to build a plant in Novosibirsk that will supply lithium ion-based energy storage for electric transportation, communications and other markets...."
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/12/rusnano-20091228.html
"... Production will begin at the Novosibirsk plant in 2011 with capacity to turn out 300 million Ah annually; capacity will rise to 400 Ah annually in 2012...."