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Report: Toyota to Source Li-ion Batteries from Sanyo

Green Car Congress

It will first use Sanyo batteries in a hybrid minivan slated to debut around 2011. To date, Toyota’s sole supplier of NiMH batteries is PEVE. In 2008, then Toyota president Katsuaki Watanabe was already talking about targeting a 1-million unit production capacity of battery packs at PEVE. Earlier post.).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Says demand and whether people will plug in remain to be proven.

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