EV Battery Plant Will Furlough Workers Due To Low Demand (VIDEO update) According to an article from Fox News, workers at Compact Power, who makes lithium-ion cells for EVs, will have to furlough workers. The terms for the furloughs means all workers will only work three weeks per month. President Obama gets into an electric Ford Focus as he attends the groundbreaking of a factory for Compact Power Inc. in Holland, Mich. The pla... By Mike Buchanan Battery Tech - Oct 10 2012 -