Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Sanyo’s nickel hydride battery is installed in the Insight hybrid of Honda Motor Co. 7267) and vehicles of Ford Motor Co. In 2008, Volkswagen and Sanyo announced a partnership to work on next-generation high-performance automotive electric storage systems based on lithium-ion technology. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Building Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

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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Nickel Metal Hydride Toyota Dealers NiMH 308

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In developing its E-Flex technology for the Chevrolet Volt (which will come toBritain as the Vauxhall Ampera) General Motors addressed this problem byadding a small petrol engine to start automatically and recharge thebatteries when they are running low and thereby extend the car’s range sothat it can reach a convenient power point.

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Electric Cars Charging G-Wiz Cars 30