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Lexus prices new three-row RX 450hL hybrid starting at $50,620

Green Car Congress

Lexus introduced the first luxury hybrid—the 2006 RX 400h—and now holds 40% of the US luxury hybrid market. A 37 kW nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) hybrid battery provides the hybrid system energy storage. The RX 450hL is set to go on sale at dealers in April.

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Toyota to Stay with NiMH for Mass-Market Hybrids

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Toyota last month ended road tests of 126 Priuses in the US, Japan and Europe that began in 2006, company spokeswoman Jana Hartline said in an interview. Toyota Motor Corporation will continue to use NimH packs for most of its hybrid vehicles after three years of testing Priuses fitted with Li-ion packs.

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Graphene-based supercapacitor offers energy density comparable to NiMH battery, but with rapid charge and discharge

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These are the highest energy density values ever reported with carbon electrodes without the pseudocapacitance contributions from a conducting polymer or metal oxide, the authors said, further stating that “ We believe that this is truly a breakthrough in energy technology.”

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

But things changed for Cox when GM came out with a new version of the EV1 with a non-toxic nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery with more than twice the energy of the original lead acid battery. But Cox stayed true to the EV cause, and in 2006, when he heard news of the Tesla Roadster, he was immediately attentive.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.) CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In 2006, CalCars worked on a project with Electro Energy, Inc. Go to Hymotion.com. Green Gears, Inc.

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Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

The vans, which have a 20-mile all-electric range, will be outfitted with either nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries or lithium ion (Li-Ion) batteries. EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ]. The 2006 Civic Hybrid, though it can theoretically drive solely on electric power, has too small an electric motor to effectively power the car by itself. See our 2007 Goals and 2006 Report.

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