Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

The Prius was donated by the South Australian Government from their fleet, and has been fitted with a special battery pack and charging unit by founder Kim Adelman and chief technician Mike Dibble of California-based Plug In Conversion Corporation (PICC).

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting. Clean Fleet Report’s test car had the Lexus Multimedia System with a 12.3-inch,

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Lexus Nickel Metal Hydride MPG Clean 77

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will lease more than 150 units of its experimental Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as a next step towards commercialization. In partnership with EDF, Toyota has been road-testing a PHV (equipped with a Nickel Metal Hydride battery) in Europe since 2007.

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Li-ion Nickel Metal Hydride Europe Toyota 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In the United States, trucks represent approximately 13% of the total fleet market (in number of vehicles). The market intelligence firm expects that the use of nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries will peak in 2016, as vehicle manufacturers move their remaining systems toward Li-ion. The global truck market is about 3.7

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to be among the first to drive the all-new 2023 Crown crossover, reported here in this Flash Drive story. Their similarities are that each have regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the nickel-metal-hydride battery.

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Toyota Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Fuel Economy 85

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Clean Fleet Report recently had the opportunity to drive the 2022 Lexus RX 450h F Sport AWD and came away reminded why more than 50% of Lexus owners return to the brand. In 380 miles of mixed driving through Southern California, Clean Fleet Report achieved an average of 31.2 Hybrid Sophistication. The system comprises a 3.5-liter

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Lexus Fuel Economy Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 94

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting. Clean Fleet Report’s test car had the Lexus Multimedia System with a 10.3-inch,

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Lexus Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Fuel Economy 79

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 5, 2021

Clean Fleet Report reviewed the former model highly. Clean Fleet Report found the 2020 Sienna to be roomy for both people and their things, but not very fuel efficient, which the all-new Sienna addresses in a big way. Clean Fleet Report drove the front- wheel drive 2021 Toyota Sienna XSE powered by Toyota’s hybrid system–a 2.5-liter,

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Toyota Hybrid Minivan Fuel Economy 99

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

Saft manufacturers a range of advanced batteries for a large range of applications using lithium and nickel chemistries, including lithium-ion, lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl 2 ), lithium-sulfur dioxide (Li-SO 2 ), lithium-manganese dioxide (Li-MnO 2 ), nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd), nickel-hydrogen (Ni-H 2 ), and nickel-metal hydride (NiMH).

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Nickel Cadmium Ni-Li Nickel Metal Hydride Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Hybrid vehicles, which require batteries that primarily provide short bursts of power for acceleration and allow the engine to be turned off when idling, have been served well by less expensive nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, and this class of vehicles will be much slower to shift to higher cost Li-ion batteries, according to the report.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The report suggests that hybrid cars will be slow to move away from nickel-metal hydride batteries which have served them well so far. per cent of the world’s fleet in 2015. However, there is a need to prioritise energy capacity over power density for both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles.

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Lithium Ion Nickel Metal Hydride Sale Batteries 42

Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Car maker, Toyota is set to lease over 150 units of its next generation Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as part of a three-year programme. In partnership with EDF, Toyota has been road-testing its current generation PHV (equipped with a Nickel Metal Hydride battery) in Europe since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2009

According to the report, participants expressed strong enthusiasm for deploying more hydrogen buses, with most indicating a desire for larger fleets, such as 50–100 buses per site. However, because each site developed its own solutions, future research could capture lessons learned and develop best practices and guidelines.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Researchers say: Li-ion battery systems will be 5 percent more energy efficient than the nickel-metal hydride batteries used in today’s hybrid electric vehicles. Ford’s advanced battery researchers will present recent findings at SAE International’s 2009 World Congress April 20-23.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.)

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The more powerful Hybrid Max, only available in the Platinum model and the one Clean Fleet Report drove, is a 2.4-liter Their similarities are that each have regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the nickel-metal-hydride battery. Story and photos by John Faulkner.

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Toyota Hybrid Fuel Economy Nickel Metal Hydride 79

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Some of these have been put to use in taxi fleets in such cities as San Francisco and New York, with some taxi vehicles attaining more than 250,000 miles individually and taxi fleets in California alone attaining a total of nearly 100 million miles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

The patented ‘two mode’ parallel hybrid technology combines direct power from an electronically controlled diesel engine with electric power from an energy storage system and is already delivering significant fuel saving benefits, lower emissions, and raising vehicle performance for bus fleets over 115 cities worldwide.

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London Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride GM 36

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

The vans, which have a 20-mile all-electric range, will be outfitted with either nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries or lithium ion (Li-Ion) batteries. The cost, reliability and weight of batteries are often cited by automotive industry experts as one of the stumbling blocks to the mass production of plug-ins. “We

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

liter gasoline engine with a lithium-ion battery that replaces the nickel-metal hydride battery from the previous generations. The post News: 2023 Toyota Prius Hybrid and Prius Prime PHEV first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. Both are mated to a 2.0-liter We say Bravo! Story by John Faulkner. Photos by Toyota.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

. The plug-in version will only be available for fleet service and will not be sold at retail to the general public. The fleet models will be part of a test bed for Toyota and future development of the plug-in Prius may at some point lead to a consumer model.

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Prius Plug-in Plug Miles 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We now have three working converted prototypes (both described in Fact Sheet above, shown in photos and here ): The Calcars first proof-of-concept: (100+ mpg plus electricity, 10-mile electric range, now with temporary lead-acid battery pack, soon to be replaced by nickel metal-hydride batteries). Read and distribute our flyers.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 4, 2009

At the site, visitors can learn more about the technology, follow the program’s progress and, once the vehicles are deployed, track the performance of the demonstration program fleet. In early November, PEVE began producing the first of more than 500 lithium batteries on a dedicated assembly line at its Teiho production facility in Japan.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The remaining three PHEVs will be used in the company’s fleet. In addition, Hybrids Plus will replace the cars' nickel-metal hydride batteries with a lithium-ion phosphate battery pack. Three company employees will serve as test drivers, using three of the PHEVs in typical home settings. With every U.S.

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Nickel Metal Hydride PHEV Grid Denver 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Since the early 90’s, during the early stages of first-generation Prius development, Toyota has been committed to in-house R&D of advanced nickel-metal hydride batteries. Over the three year course of the demonstration program, as new hydrogen stations come online, additional regions and partners will be added.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

Chicago-based Argonne reported even higher all-electric mileage in city driving tests of vehicles equipped with the software upgrade and PICC’s Nickel Metal Hydride battery conversion kit, now in its third generation. Felix Kramer, CalCars.org, at Plug In 2008 in San Jose / photo by Creative Greenius (c) 2008.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) The problems of changing to a plug-in fleet are not all technical.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids. We have those…they are readily available in our own domestic fleet. The transplant car companies….aren’t

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