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Report: Toyota To Launch Lithium-Ion Prius Minivan Hybrid In Early 2011

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The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. will introduce a new Prius minivan equipped with Li-ion batteries early next year—the first of a coming rollout of hybrids equipped with Li-ion packs. A hybrid vehicle that Toyota plans to introduce around 2015 will also offer a choice between the two batteries.

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Report: Toyota to Source Li-ion Batteries from Sanyo

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The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. will procure batteries for hybrid vehicles from Sanyo Electric Co. starting around 2011 because Panasonic EV Energy (PEVE), the automaker’s own automotive battery joint venture with Panasonic, cannot keep up with demand. To date, Toyota’s sole supplier of NiMH batteries is PEVE.

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Plug-in minivan emissions, 2018 Camry Hybrid batteries, MPG plateaus: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

More proof that plugging in cuts carbon emissions, news on the batteries of the new 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid, and discouraging news on the calculated fuel economy of new vehicles sold last year: all this and more in today's car news on Green Car Reports.

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Toyota to introduce new Prius mini-van

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A new Toyota Prius mini-van could be on the streets as early as next year, according to reports in the Nikkei. The vehicle will be fitted with lithium-ion batteries and will be the first of a rollout of Toyota hybrids equipped with the packs.

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Road Test: 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Limited Plug-in Hybrid

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Chrysler calls it a “multipurpose vehicle,” but we will stick with modern minivan. The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has two main ways the battery is charged–plugging in or through regenerative braking when slowing or stopping. The only minivan with a plug. How It Works. What’s going on under the skin.

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Road Test: 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid

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If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid.

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Report: Nissan To Introduce Compact Hybrids in Japan in 2011

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The motor will run on high-performance lithium ion batteries. Nissan’s Serena minivan is likely to be the first model to get the hybrid makeover. Nissan froze its earlier development of hybrids in 2002, relying instead on an agreement with Toyota for the hybrid version of the Altima sedan available in the US.

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