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Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

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Toyota has stepped up its research, development and production capacity of both NiMH and Li-ion batteries and will use these technologies where appropriate in its expanding focus on electrification of the automobile. Ogiso said verification work on the system will be conducted in Japan, the US and Europe in 2014. —Satoshi Ogiso.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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WAND: US/Japan Wide-Angle Neutron Diffractometer. Recent studies have found that the discharge reaction in Li-air batteries is strongly affected by electrolyte and solvent composition and is driven by complex reaction kinetics. Dudney, and Sreekanth Pannala (2012) Anomalous Discharge Product Distribution in Lithium-Air Cathodes, J.