Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2009
kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. What we’re essentially offering is all-electric performance for about 25 miles at highway speeds. Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp.
Green Car Congress
JULY 16, 2010
A conventional 2009-2010 RAV4. Those vehicles were powered by a 288V, 26 kWh NiMH battery pack with a range of about 80 miles between charges, according to Toyota. miles, with an 11.6 mile standard deviation. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
Although NiMH is still the dominant battery in the high-voltage hybrid market, Li-ion technology started to take market share around 2009 and is expected to continually increase its share with time. The current market share in Japan already exceeds 20%, and the world market share is estimated to exceed 5% by 2020. billion in 2020.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2009
Toyota has been testing an earlier plug-in prototype featuring a large NiMH pack rather than the proposed Li-ion pack, with an electric range of approximately 13 km (8 miles) under the Japan 10-15 cycle ( Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MAY 11, 2009
The Honda Fit was the best-selling car among new vehicle registrations in Japan for calendar year 2008 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. Fit was also the industry’s best-selling car for the month of March 2009, for the fourth consecutive month since December 2008, until it was displaced by Insight.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 1, 2009
Panasonic Corporation is supporting the Solar Electric Vehicle Team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT SEVT), in its participation of the Global Green Challenge (GGC), to be held in October 2009 in Australia. Under the sponsorship agreement, Panasonic is providing the MIT SEVT team with its 2.9
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2009
Hybrid vehicles, which require batteries that primarily provide short bursts of power for acceleration and allow the engine to be turned off when idling, have been served well by less expensive nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, and this class of vehicles will be much slower to shift to higher cost Li-ion batteries, according to the report.
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