Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Panasonic Corporation will supply prismatic lithium-ion battery cells for Ford Motor Company’s Fusion Hybrid Electric and C-Max Hybrid Electric as well as the Ford Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids. The lighter weight Li-ion pack offers specific power of 0.84 Ford is doing the pack work in-house.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2013
Naval Research Laboratory, will develop a low-cost battery using zinc-air technology. Currently, zinc-air batteries are low power and offer a limited cycle life. EnZinc’s porous, sponge-like zinc component prevents battery failure and enables high-power charge and discharge. Water-Based Flow Battery for EVs.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2009
CSIRO engineers modified Toyota Prius hybrids by removing the OEM battery pack and installing a larger 6 kWh, 30 Ah NiMH battery pack (five times the capacity of the original 1.2 Ah pack) and a battery charger to allow the cars to plug into and charge with electricity from the grid or from on-site renewable energy sources.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2013
NiZn offers superior energy and power density compared to lead-acid and Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) and avoids the high costs and safety issues associated with Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Marc Nalbach of HELLA. Source: PowerGenix. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2010
The USABC specifies two PHEV designs to guide its battery requirements: an AE-10 crossover and AE-40 mid-sized car. the PHEV design with the lowest battery power and energy requirements. They note that other requirements may make NiMH unsuitable for PHEV applications.
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.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
liter, 98 hp (73 kW) VVT-i gas engine, a 60 kW (80 hp) electric motor, a generator, a high performance NiMH battery, a power control unit, and a power split device which employs a planetary gear set to combine and re-allocate power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements.
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