Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2010
They found that the requirements derived from prospective consumers are within the capabilities of several lithium-based battery chemistries, and even that some NiMH batteries can meet energy density, ir not peak power density, requirements of most PHEV designs created by new car-buying households interested in PHEVs.
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. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 24, 2006
Nothing has to be invented to produce a plug-in hybrid vehicle,” says Dr. Andrew Frank, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Davis and Director of the UCD Hybrid Electric Research Center. For example, an area pest control company has pledged to buy up to 150 light weight plug-in trucks, once they are produced.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. We believe both NiMH and Li-Ion are ready. Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
They are converting up to 40 15-passenger Mercedes commercial vans into PHEVs, with some vehicles using NiMH and others advanced lithium-ion batteries, plus diesel and gasoline engines. The advanced hybrid vehicle research center at University of California-Davis (founded and directed by the modern inventor of the PHEV, CalCars advisor Prof.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Vehicles converted by Professor Andy Frank and his team at the UC Davis Hybrid Center are listed at our History of PHEVs page , with further info at www.team-fate.net. by EAA-PHEV with Nilar NiMH batteries, May 2007 (Centennial, CO) contact: info@nilar.com Small photo. At the bottom of this page, weve begun a list of PHEV Schoolbuses.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. The Omori factory currently produces NiMH cells. Davis Illingworth, a senior vice president with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Says demand and whether people will plug in remain to be proven. Associated Press ) 12/25/07 Panasonic EV Energy Co.,
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