Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars, is suing Cobasys for failing to provide hybrid battery packs as agreed for a planned Mercedes-Benz gasoline-electric SUV. An inside source told HybridCars.com that the contract between Cobasys and the hybrid partnership between GM, Daimler, and BMW is “the largest stumbling block in getting this product to market, and hopefully will not sour the North American market on American hybrids.”
Mercedes-Benz will launch an S-Class hybrid equipped with a lithium ion battery in 2009. Dr. Thomas Weber, who is responsible for research at Mercedes-Benz said, “What we have here is a groundbreaking key technology that is going to be a decisive factor for the future success of the automotive industry.”
