The Truth About Cars
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Today, most EVs use lithium-ion batteries, just like the phone in your pocket. While the battery chemistry is well-known and thoroughly tested at this point in time, the setup has weaknesses that could be addressed by alternative designs.
Electra Vehicles
JUNE 7, 2023
With the rise in production of lithium-ion batteries, , projected to soar over the next decade from about 700 GWh in 2022 to around 4.7 TWh by 2030, batteries are poised to play an even larger part of our lives. But what will happen when these batteries reach the end of their usable life?
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
In a post on Toyota’s Open Road blog, Irv Miller, Toyota Group Vice President – Environmental and Public Affairs, wrote that contrary to some recent reports, Toyota has yet to offer mileage estimates on its plug-in hybrid technology. They are very early “converted” prototypes using double nickel-metal hydride batteries.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 12, 2023
The e:Ny1 is an atrociously named battery-powered crossover that serves as the electrified counterpart to the Euro-spec HR-V. kWh, lithium-ion battery is said to offer 256 miles of range on the overly generous WLTP cycle. Honda raised the curtain for its second all-electric model for the European market this week.
Plug In Partners
AUGUST 30, 2006
Based on 5 years of evolution, the eWheel offers exceptional efficiency, coupled with a high power to weight ratio that makes it the ideal solution for battery powered equipment. The PML eWheel permanent magnet wheel motor is designed to be rugged and flexible.
Current EV
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
HSD replaces a normal geared transmission with an electromechanical system that uses two separate powerplants – a series of battery-powered electric motors and the car’s gas-driven combustion engine. Lithium-ion cells for the Prime’s 18.1-kWh will be making all the batteries powering those vehicles.
Plug In Partners
NOVEMBER 3, 2008
The Chevy Volt , a plug-in electric car, will have the battery power to take most American drivers to and from work every day without using any gasoline at all. it stands for “Build Your Dreams”—claims to supply 65 percent of the world’s nickel-cadmium batteries, and 30 percent of its lithium ion mobile phone batteries.
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