A Bright Future? Indiana Plug-In Hybrid Company Needs Government Funding.
ANDERSON, INDIANA—John Waters, President of Bright Automotive, stops the car and gestures at a nondescript industrial building. “Right there is where we built the batteries for the General Motors EV-1 battery car. In that building, we tested the first large-format lithium-ion batteries that were used on the Segway. And over there, we electrified anything with wheels on it: sports cars, trucks, golf carts.” At one time, Anderson, Indiana had 20,000 General Motors employees, but now many of those buildings are razed. The action today—and Waters and his company are in the thick of it—surrounds battery cars and plug-in hybrids. Waters was a founder of battery maker EnerDel, and that company has a factory here supplying Fisker (plug-in hybrids), Think…
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