Bosch set to choose hybrid battery partner.(Suppliers)(Robert Bosch GmbH)

Automotive News Europe, November, 2004 by Armstrong, Julie

Byline: Julie Armstrong

Within six months, Robert Bosch plans to choose a battery partner for its hybrid technology.

But Bosch will not bring its gasoline- or diesel-hybrid system on the market before 2007.

And that market could be Europe, North America or Asia, said Bernd Bohr, Bosch's automotive chief, during an interview at Bosch headquarters. The company is talking to all major automakers, he said.

Some in the automotive industry have criticized the world's second-largest auto supplier for being late to hybrids. But Bosch did try before.

"We did the first prototypes

20 years ago," Bohr said. "Then we did - with a European OEM - a mild hybrid in 1998-1999, which actually reached a driveable status [but]...

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