# Electric Car Battery Maker A123 Systems Files Bankruptcy **URL:** \ **Category:** EV Small Talk\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy/2772 "2012-10-16T10:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LuvMyTJ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/luvmytj/32/537_2.png) [@LuvMyTJ](https://community.electricforum.com/u/LuvMyTJ)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy/2772/1 "2012-10-16T10:41:15Z")
Another disappointing story. There have been to many lately. How high does gasoline need to cost before we decide electric vehicles are a viable substitute? “Electric Car Battery Maker A123 Systems Inc. (AONE), the electric car battery maker that received a $249 million federal grant, filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would sell its assets to Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI)” SOURCE: [Electric Car Battery Maker A123 Systems Files Bankruptcy - Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-16/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy.html) ---
**Author:** ![FEUS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@FEUS](https://community.electricforum.com/u/FEUS)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy/2772/2 "2012-10-19T10:55:51Z")
That’s really sad, they took care of a good chunk of the after market community too… There are other options, but still it stinks. ---
**Author:** ![SolarJoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@SolarJoe](https://community.electricforum.com/u/SolarJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/electric-car-battery-maker-a123-systems-files-bankruptcy/2772/3 "2012-11-02T10:40:24Z")
Wow, Fisker chose a great battery company in A123