Li-Tec Battery, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Renault, Detroit Electric.

Evonik bows out: Daimler will take over all of Evonik’s shares held in the two joint ventures Li-Tec Battery GmbH (50.1%) and Deutsche ACCUmotive (10%). This makes Daimler the sole owner of the companies, set up back in 2008. The sales price has been kept secret.
greencarcongress.com, thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, bloomberg.com

New Subaru SUV plug-in? Based on insider information, “Motor Trend” reports that the Viziv-2 concept shown in Geneva will go into series production. The plan is for the SUV plug-in diesel hybrid to replace the Tribeca.