remember when president obama said this? i would not cede, the wind, solar or battery interesting to china or germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here. why did they put green battery maker to chin a. wayne, kick it off? i caint help but laugh. the president if you will forgive me is full of it meanwhile, fis car who got all of things and solyndra and spinning all of that money down the drine . a, one, two three systems and being sold to china. he s doing the opposite of what he said.
the left lane the silver bmw just kept ongoing at 60 miles an hour. the officer eventually stopped the driver. he was 81 years old suffering from alzheimer s and told police he was going to the bank didn t realize he was going the wrong way. in the end nobody including the driver was injured. very lucky. you have funded the company with $249 million in grants but the u.s. government just allowed the chien needs company to buy a 123 systems. there was concerns for lawmakers in both parties they would have tax payer funded technology and a 123 military contract. the panel gave approval after china bought the battery maker at a bankruptcy auction last month. famed daredevil nick wol linda wowed a crowd as he walked
lithium ion batteries. dan springer is keeping and eye on all of this. reporter: the battery issues with the 787 did not just sneak up on boeing. we are getting more doe tails. ten of the batteries were replaced on the dreamliner since last may half of them due to low voltage. the overall number of replaced batteries is much higher according to a source at the seattle times. they say 100 batteries had to be replaced but not awful them had suffered a failure. boeing would not confirm the number but downplayed the whole issue saying batteries are replace amount units in all airplanes, they replace about five or six a day. they say, quote we have not seen 787 battery replacement as a result of safety concerns. the batteries are being returned because our robust protection scheme insures that no battery that has been deeply discharged or improperly disconnected can be used. the battery maker would anal say
dan spring better the news, he s live in seattle tonight. dan, aviation officials had to be concerned about these batteries a long time ago. absolutely. the faa had major concerns about boeing s use of lithium ion batteries in the 787. they knew about the fire in 2006 at a lab in arizona. it was caused when a 60-pound lithium ion battery exploded during some testing. this company supplies the battery charger for the 787. the battery maker is made in japan and it s the same type installed in the dreamliner. the maker says their batteries are not the problem. they ve been used on space satellites without any issues. the ntsb still can t say for sure why two of the batteries overheated and one caught fire on that plane in boston. but they know boeing s safety system failed. experts say it looks like this investigation will last for a while. suddenly 787 will be on the
electrical system and how it interacts with the batteries. the the battery maker is a japanese company, and officials there say they ve been working if space satellites for years with no problems. bottom line, it doesn t look like a quick fix. this is not something that we re expecting will be solved overnight. there is a lot of technical work and a lot of complex work to understand. reporter: on the pond airway withs takes the biggest hit, they had 24 dreamlines in service, and they ve been forced to cancel many flights between u.s. and tokyo. united airline is the the only american carrier affected. boeing has stopped delivering dreamliners until the grounding is lifted. that s the big impact on boeing, because if they can t deliver planes, they can t make money on those planes, and they continue to lose money on this program, jon. jon: yeah. and a big impact on the nation s trade balance too, that s for sure. reporter: that s right. jon: dan springer, thank you. reporter: ok