Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2013
Honda’s process for recycling NiMH batteries. has established what it says it is the first process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from old nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries for use in hybrid vehicles. Proceedings of EMC 2003). The new portion of the process is outlined in red.
Green Car Congress
JULY 16, 2010
2002 - 2003 Toyota RAV4-EV. From 1998 to 2003, Toyota leased or sold 1,485 first-generation RAV4-EVs to fleet customers and private individuals in California as part of the state’s Zero-Emission Mandate program. Tesla plans to produce and deliver a fleet of prototypes to Toyota for evaluation within this year. Click to enlarge.
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 12, 2007
CARB, DOE, Congress all seem to turn to him to analyze the state of battery technology. His report at CARB in 2003 seemed to suggest the electric cars then on the road couldn't be functioning as well as they were. Of the almost 14,000 NiMH battery modules powering these EVs only a little less than 0.5% had to be replaced!
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Prabhakar Patil, the CEO of Compact Power, Inc. He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. by Bill Cooke. GM plans to handle module and pack assembly itself, earlier post.) Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2015
On the other hand, German observes: The tenfold increase in hybrid sales from 2003 to 2013 suggests that many of the early concerns about hybrids, such as reliability, battery life, resale value, and safety, have been successfully addressed. Hybrids also face the rising challenge of improved conventional vehicles.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I The Omori factory currently produces NiMH cells. Says demand and whether people will plug in remain to be proven. I got beaten down a number of times."
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