A123 System's New Battery Won't Stave Off Bankruptcy

By Greentech Media: A123 (AONE) is having a string of bad luck in 2012. In the face of recent genuinely positive design wins for the lithium-ion battery maker across its target markets of transportation and utility-scale storage, the firm is facing threatening self-induced -- as well as external -- issues.

By John Hall:Last week A123 Systems (AONE) shot up 45% after the announcement of the company's battery deal with General Motors (GM). The deal is unequivocally good for AONE. However, few substantive details have been released beyond the following:

BySmart Equity : A123 Systems (AONE) filed for Chapter 11 protection on the 16th of October 2012. On the same day, it signed an agreement to sell all of its automotive assets to Johnson Controls (JCI) in a transaction valued at $125 million.

By Sammy Pollack:Shares of lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc (AONE) surged higher Tuesday following news that the company has broken through with its efforts to create a battery capable of operating in extreme heat and cold. Click to enlarge.

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By Greentech Media: By Jeff St. John Thanksgiving didn’t have much to offer by way of thanks for about 125 employees of A123 (AONE) who were laid off from the lithium-ion battery maker’s Livonia and Romulus, Michigan factories last week.

By Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks): A123 Systems′ (NASD:AONE) announcement of a new battery technology able to operate at both extremely high and low temperatures has the he

By John Petersen:I spent a couple decades along the Texas Gulf Coast and learned early that storm warnings should never be taken lightly. Sometimes the red flags went up early and nothing bad happened. Other times the flags went up at the last minute and only hinted at the unpleasantness to come. Over the last few days the red flags for stockholders of A123 Systems (AONE) have been flying high in a stiff breeze.