Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
The NiMH battery pack is the same as on the third-generation Prius liftback, but with a cooling duct located under the rear seat. It uses a start/stop system and regenerative braking to conserve fuel and recharge the battery upon deceleration. Maximum motor drive voltage is 650 volts DC. Connectivity.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Witha 60-mile range, most felt the need to recharge after 30 miles or so. Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Why does everybody state Tesla as US, When this is UK engineering from Norfolk in Great Britian?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. — jerryd 7.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Last week it began taking pre-bookings for the Peugeot i0n model ( see article ), which is based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The batteries can be recharged in six hours or to 80 per cent capacity in 30minutes using a fast charge system. Its first electric vehicle was the Peugeot 106 Electric, which was sold between 1995 and 2003.
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