Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Panasonic Corporation will supply prismatic lithium-ion battery cells for Ford Motor Company’s Fusion Hybrid Electric and C-Max Hybrid Electric as well as the Ford Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids. Ford is doing the pack work in-house. Click to enlarge. The lighter weight Li-ion pack offers specific power of 0.84

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2010

Sanyo has already been supplying nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to Ford, Honda and Volkswagen, and co-developing NiMH batteries with PSA Peugeot Citroën. In addition, Sanyo is co-developing lithium-ion batteries for hybrids (HEVs) with the Volkswagen group.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Ford’s third generation hybrid system which sees nickel-metal hydride batteries replaced by lighter, more efficient lithium-ion batteries are expected to reduce the firm’s use of expensive and less-abundant rare earth minerals by up to 500,000 pounds a year (226.8

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The report also says Toyota in collaboration with Japanese utility JERA, have commissioned the Sweep Energy Storage System, comprising lithium-ion, nickel metal-hydride and lead acid cells. In addition to Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Porsche are highlighted as key players in the GlobalData report.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

of total vehicle sales by 2020, the more significant story is the rapid expansion of strong-hybrid vehicles led by Toyota, Ford, and Honda, followed by Hyundai, Nissan and others. All four produce prismatic cells with nickel-based cathodes, a design favored by the HEV industry leaders Toyota, Ford, and Honda.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford’s advanced battery researchers are working with battery suppliers, utility companies and top-tier academic researchers to develop, test and validate high-powered battery systems that are durable enough to last the lifetime of a vehicle. Susan Cischke, Group Vice President, Ford Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Lithium-ion batteries , now common in laptops, produce more power and are smaller than nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids now. Such plug-in hybrids can run longer as an electric vehicle than regular hybrids, and are cleaner. The joint venture that Toyota set up with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Leveraging some 20 years of experience and data reaching back to its early work with hybrids and the Ranger EV, Ford has developed a battery model and life validation protocol it now uses to predict how lithium-ion batteries are likely to perform under 10 years and 150,000 miles of use (40-season equivalent key life tests).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

The upcoming plug-in Prius will use the traditional nickel metal hydride battery system, but future versions will likely see the addition of a lithium ion battery pack. 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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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

For something like the Ford Lightning, the weight can be more than twice that amount. Ford and its. GM , Ford , Tesla and others have moved to secure batteries through 2025, but it could be tricky after that. Tesla is moving towards the use of lithium-iron phosphate batteries, as is Ford for some of its vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

LG Chem, which is supplying the battery for the new Chevy Volt, has a new contract with Ford Motor Company to supply the battery for the 2012 Ford Focus BEV. SB LiMotive recently purchased Cobasys, a nickel metal hydride battery firm based in Orion. million to support its Michigan operations.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The project, which will convert six Ford Escape Hybrids to PHEVs equipped with V2G technology so each can charge and discharge power to and from the grid, is one of the nation’s first real-world demonstrations of the emerging technology. V2Green will also supply server software enabling remote control of smart charging and V2G functions.By

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ]. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Are the batteries recyclable? What about battery safety?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. The Think Global would definitly be classified as a mini-car, several size classes smaller than a compact car like the Honda Civic or Ford Focus. a subsidiary of Ener1 Inc. ENON.OB ) ).

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