Hybrid success lifts batterymakers’ fortunes

Tired of selling commodity products? Thomas Dougherty of Johnson Controls believes that supplying powertrain systems–not just batteries–will improve profits for all. As he explained to Gerry Woolf.

EVS-20 is not so much a conference it's more a festival for the believers in alternative technologies for transportation. This year, all praise was heaped on Toyota—trailblazing the way forward with 100,000+ sales of its Prius hybrid, while the big three US auto giants Ford, GM and DaimlerChrysler who have yet to launch their mainstream hybrid offerings  are . . .