Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Toyota will showcase the Yaris Hybrid-R concept, created as a showcase of possible ideas for the development of hybrid technology for maximum performance and increased driving pleasure. This third motor can act as an advanced traction control system. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Toyota Motor Motors Motoring 268

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Toyota developed the Sora concept model guided by two ideas: to make best use of the characteristics of the FC unit; and to enhance the comfort of passengers traveling on bus routes. The bus uses a NiMH drive battery.

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Concept Toyota Motor Motors 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. All-electric driving may not be a bad idea for consumers, Kurani noted, it is just one that they don’t yet value or understand.

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PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change 150

Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2007

A123 has an idea to cut through the difficulty of getting OEMs to make cars. See my 7/12 post Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers ) With the addition of the A123 battery module, a Prius gets between 125 and 175 mpg. Even the Prius and Civic Hybrid are quite different.

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Convert Prius Plug-in Civic Hybrid 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I The Omori factory currently produces NiMH cells. Says demand and whether people will plug in remain to be proven. I got beaten down a number of times."

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45