Fourteen US companies have formed a coalition to make advanced lithium-ion batteries for vehicles. The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture is proposing to build one or more large manufacturing plants that would be shared by its members.

Members of the alliance include Altair Nanotechnologies of Reno, Nevada, 3M of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Johnson Controls–Saft, a joint American–French battery-production enterprise. The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois will have an advisory role. The alliance is seeking government support for the majority of the venture, estimated to cost between $1 billion and $2 billion over five years.