Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Engineers from CSIRO modified Toyota Prius vehicles, removing the OEM battery pack and instead installing a larger 6kWh, 30Ah NiMH battery pack with five times the capacity of the original. This, alongside a battery charger, allows the cars to plug into and charge with electricity from the grid or from on-site renewable energy sources.

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2009

It replaced the NiMH pack with a large format lithium-ion battery and retrofitted a liquid-fuelled gas turbine generator as a range extender. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota ETV Motors israel Toyota Prius. The demonstrator is expected to serve as a test vehicle for the company’s development work.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 17, 2009

His projection, which excludes the Chinese market, engineering prototypes and battery packs made from 18650 consumer cells, would represent a $321million market in 2011 compared to the projected $1,232million market for NiMH batteries. Tags: Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Advanced Automotive Batteries.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The Toyota Sai compact uses a NiMH battery pack, while the transaxle’s compact high-speed motor manages to gain increased output with a reduction gear that increases torque. Unsurprisingly, its fuel economy figures are impressive at 54mpg, but there is no sacrifice for performance levels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

liter supercharged V6 direct injection gasoline engine; a hybrid module integrating a 35 kW electric motor and disengagement clutch; an 8-speed automatic transmission; and a NiMH battery pack. Green Car Congress attended the media drive events held in New Mexico. Earlier post.) Driving impressions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

The NiMH battery module in the 2012 Camry Hybrid is more compact, with the air intake, junction box and service plug reconfigured to reduce footprint. The pack comprises 34 NiMH modules, each 7.2 The NiMH battery, located in the luggage compartment behind the rear seats, now features enhanced air-cooling. Battery module.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Li-ion would be less costly than NiMH in large volumes - approximately 30 percent less expensive at an annual volume of 3 million hybrids. The Li-ion battery packs that Ford will use in its hybrids and electric vehicles, are 25 to 30 percent smaller and 50 percent lighter than NiMH batteries.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Tags: Electric cars Fuel Cells Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Toyota.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

They may or may not ever market FCVs, but they hold out the promise of the "perfectly green" car. Plug-in cars have been under attack while a love affair with hydrogen and fuel cells has been well promoted. Large problems regarding hydrogen and fuel cell technology, get diminished. To take one example, batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Prabhakar Patil, the CEO of Compact Power, Inc. Compared with today’s NiMH batteries deployed in hybrids, the LG Chem lithium polymer batteries deliver the same power with 30% less weight, 50% less volume and 10% greater efficiency. by Bill Cooke.

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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. The first after-market conversion company, built Felixs car, currently provides vehicles mainly to fleets.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

The complete GM-Allison Ep40/50 systems consists of the Ev DriveTM module – which serves as the vehicle transmission –, the Dual Power Inverter Module (DPIM), the Energy Storage System (ESS) – based on advanced Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries –, two electronic control modules and the electronic driver interface with integrated display.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Related Links Government to offer £5,000 to boost green cars Electric shock as sales of green cars reverse With or without incentives, these are still likely to be a specialisedpurchase. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Green Car Company , "Green Machine," Manzanita Micro (PiPrius), April 2007 (Kirkland, WA), contact: greg@greencarco.com. by EAA-PHEV with Nilar NiMH batteries, May 2007 (Centennial, CO) contact: info@nilar.com Small photo. University of Manitoba by Hymotion, April 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact eric_bibeau@umanitoba.ca

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). The Omori factory currently produces NiMH cells.

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