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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) launched the Aqua gasoline-electric compact hybrid—to be marketed as the Prius c in the US—in Japan. million (US$21,685); the monthly sales target for Japan is 12,000 units. The Aqua hybrid. Click to enlarge. The Aqua features a small 1.5-liter mpg US, 2.8 km/L (94 mpg US, 2.5

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JUNE 18, 2013

has agreed with TDK Corporation and Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Honda Motor Co., JMC) to jointly pursue the reuse of a rare earth metal extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries in hybrid vehicles for magnets of new hybrid vehicle motors. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 20, 2012

which has been extracting rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydride batteries at the plant of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., The amount of global CO 2 emissions was calculated based on the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard which was issued by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) Initiative in October 2011.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius ( earlier post ) equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. The leases will be to designated users such as government ministries, local governments and corporations.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Hino Motors, Ltd. The vehicle, with the same specifications as the fuel-cell hybrid bus currently in operation in the vicinity of Central Japan International Airport, has been revamped inside and out, and features necessary for the route operations are being added. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. Ogiso said verification work on the system will be conducted in Japan, the US and Europe in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a new continuously variable transmission (CVT) featuring a launch gear; a new 6-speed manual transmission; a new 2.0-liter kWh NiMH pack with 180 cells (6.5 liter engine with 40% thermal efficiency (41% in hybrid applications); a new 2.0-liter The new system uses a 1.4 Ah, 212 V).

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Corporate and public-sector fleets will get to lease 100 test cars for a pilot period of four years. The first cars will utilize NiMH batteries, as do the Toyota test platform Plug-in Priuses at the University of California. From where I sit (in the driver's seat of a NiMH powered Toyota RAV4 EV) this seems eminently practical.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Starting this April, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will sell an electricity management system that uses recycled nickel-metal hydride batteries from hybrid vehicles to Toyota vehicle dealers throughout Japan. The 10 kWh systems will be sold via TMC’s energy business company, Toyota Turbine and Systems Inc.,

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

With a string of hybrid successes already under its belt, any new innovation from the Toyota Motor Corporation is sure to turn heads, and now the company has unveiled its latest hybrid car design. The Sai Compact luxury hybrid saloon car is based on the platform used for the Lexus HS250h, and is scheduled to go on sale in Japan in December.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. —Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President/CEO.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. Hyundai top 12/18/07 Hyundai Motor, Koreas largest automaker, said it is considering developing a plug-in hybrid car, a move expected to follow bigger rivals such as Japans Toyota Motor and General Motors of the United States. as well as Honda Motor Co.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says. "When I first visited the BYD factory, I was shocked," says Daniel Kim, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst based in Hong Kong, who has been to the fully automated production lines in Japan and Korea. "If we put our staff in Japan or the U.S.,

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