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will expand its production capacity for its U-Pore polyolefin multiparous film for lithium-ion battery separators at the Sakai Factory in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, in order to meet growing demand for lithium-ion batteries used in automobiles. Ube Industries, Ltd. In 2011, Ube Industries and Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. The next Prius will feature improved batteries with higher energy density. —Satoshi Ogiso.

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JULY 5, 2012

2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid. Ford projects that its upcoming C-MAX Hybrid ( earlier post ) will achieve an EPA-rated 47 mpg city (5.0 L/100km)—higher fuel economy than the Toyota Prius v (44 mpg / 5.3 C-MAX Hybrid will launch this fall. When powered by gasoline, the C-MAX Hybrid uses the all-new 2.0-liter

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JANUARY 12, 2010

DENSO Corporation has developed its first battery monitoring unit for lithium-ion batteries used in vehicles. The new product is installed in the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which Toyota introduced at the end of 2009.

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Toyota made significant improvements in its new generation full hybrid powertrain applied in the fourth generation Prius ( earlier post ), reducing losses, redesigning and relocating key components and reducing weight. Although the new 2016 Prius retains the established 1.8-liter 2016 Toyota Prius 1.9 2ZR FXE cutaway.

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MAY 13, 2011

Prius α S Click to enlarge. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched the Prius α (Prius alpha) in Japan. Derived from the third-generation Prius hybrid, the α offers an interior allowing multiple seat arrangements. Prius α powertrain. Hybrid system net power: 100 kW (134 hp).

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Program Vehicle 002. The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Built specifically to support a global demonstration program that begins this month, the Prius PHV is based on the third-generation Prius.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The new Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept. Toyota has provided some initial details on the new Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept to be unveiled next week at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Plug-in Prius will support an all-electric driving range of about 20 km (12.4 Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius ( earlier post ) equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. This will be the first time a lithium-ion battery is to be employed in a Toyota vehicle for propulsion.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Panasonic’s lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery division is resurgent, largely due to the shipments of Tesla Motors’ Model S, notes Lux Research. Battery cell sales for hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Canadian team proposes new propane phase-change thermal management system for hybrid electric battery packs Researchers at the Clean Energy Research Laboratory, University of Ontario Institute of Technology are proposing a new propane phase-change thermal management system for hybrid electric vehicles that use propane as the fuel for the engine.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation will continue to use NimH packs for most of its hybrid vehicles after three years of testing Priuses fitted with Li-ion packs. Toyota last month ended road tests of 126 Priuses in the US, Japan and Europe that began in 2006, company spokeswoman Jana Hartline said in an interview.

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JUNE 11, 2009

Although Toyota has been working on Li-ion batteries for strong hybrids, and has had 126 Priuses equipped with Li-ion packs on the road for the past three years, NiMH cost performance wins compared to lithium for this application, Kuroda said. The results of the Li-ion testsing, he noted, are very promising.

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JUNE 16, 2009

In 2011, the largest dollar volume for Li-ion automotive applications could come from the mini EV and EREV segment. Dividing that forecast in to application segments—micro-, mild-, full-, and plug-in hybrids; mini-electric (e.g., By 2015, he suggests, full hybrids (e.g., Data: Dr. Menahem Anderman. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

will procure batteries for hybrid vehicles from Sanyo Electric Co. Toyota plans to receive supplies of lithium ion batteries, which have higher output and capacity than the nickel-metal hydride batteries now used in the Prius and other hybrids. It will also begin full-scale production or lithium ion batteries soon.

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JULY 24, 2015

According to a new technology briefing paper on hybrid system technologies by John German at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the costs of full-function hybrid systems are likely to drop to half the cost of their 2010 counterparts before 2025. Historical and projected hybrid system direct manufacturing cost.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. GM plans to handle module and pack assembly itself, earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Focus Electric is powered by a 23 kWh lithium-ion (li-ion) battery system (with cells from LG Chem/Compact Power) with an advanced active liquid cooling and heating system to precondition and regulate the temperature. When C-MAX Hybrid launches, Ford becomes North America’s largest maker of hybrid transmissions.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity ( AVTA ) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has completed 1 million miles of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) testing. Hymotion Prius A123Systems. EnergyCS Prius Valence. EnergyCS Prius Altair Nano. Hybrids Plus Escape Hybrids Plus.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Li-ion batteries are from Panasonic. TMC plans to launch 21 new hybrid vehicles models—consisting of additional (new) models and fully redesigned existing models—from now until the end of 2015. thermal efficiency for application in hybrids; a high-performance clean diesel engine and a high efficiency transmission.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

A Dominion PHEV Prius and hybrid bucket truck. Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions.

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JULY 4, 2009

plans to begin commercial production in 2012 of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The plug-ins will use Li-ion batteries produced by Toyota’s joint venture with Panasonic Corp., PEVE provides the NiMH packs for current Toyota hybrids. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. Panasonic EV Energy Co.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Toyota Prius. Honda Civic Hybrid. Toyota Camry Hybrid LE. Rounding out the top six are the Toyota Prius, the Honda Insight, and the Smart ForTwo. This year, hybrids dominate the “Greenest” list occupying half of all spots. Make and Model. Specifications. Emission Standard. Green score. Mitsubishi I-MiEV.

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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 the future, the PHV will be the perfect complement to Prius. Tags: Europe Hybrids Plug-ins. Earlier post.).

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JULY 12, 2009

For the test drive, the company modified a Toyota Prius using commercially available components. ETVM replaced the OEM NiMH pack with a large-format lithium-ion battery, and retrofitted a liquid-fueled, gas turbine generator to the car for the range extender. Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins. Earlier post.). >3,000. >3,000.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Under the MOU, the two companies will collaborate on research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cell technologies. We at Toyota are already using lithium-ion batteries in hybrids and plug-in hybrids, but it is necessary for us to further improve these lithium-ion batteries. liter and 2.0-liter

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

As Toyota learned with the introduction of the Prius and its efforts on the 2002 RAV4 EV, O’Brien said, it is difficult to force technology adoption by consumers. We believe at Toyota that hybrids have successfully passed the threshold into the early mass market, perhaps the first advanced [vehicle] technology to achieve that goal.

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2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE. liter V6 with D-4S Fuel Injection, both of which are paired to a new eight-speed Direct-Shift automatic transmission (8AT); and a next-generation Toyota Hybrid System (THS II). Toyota Hybrid System. The 2018 Camry Hybrid is available in three grades, LE, SE, and XLE. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Toyota will also showcase the Li-ion plug-in Prius concept, and a new compact, rear-wheel drive sports car concept. Plug-in Prius. Click to enlarge. Toyota will display a new electric vehicle concept—the FT-EV II—at the 41 st Tokyo Motor Show later this month. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In ideal stop-and-go driving conditions, the 12 kWh Li-ion battery provides an estimated range of up to 50 miles on a full charge. A compact lightweight body, power-saving electrical equipment, and the application of experience gained from hybrid and plug-in hybrid development resulted in the iQ EV’s good all-around performance.

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) constructed an optimization model to determine the optimal vehicle design and allocation of conventional, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles to drivers in order to minimize life cycle cost, petroleum consumption, and GHG emissions. Relative to our base case of $3.30/gal Earlier post.).

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JUNE 7, 2009

Toyota Motor also announced that it will begin leasing about 200 plug-in hybrids—based on the new Gen3 Prius and equipped with Li-ion battery packs—at the end of this year. The recharger—147cm tall, 30cm wide and 18cm deep—can be wall mounted or mounted on a stand. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies—Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles”.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

He noted that it took seven years even for “successful” hybrid electric vehicles to reach annual sales of 100,000 units globally. This is not an either-or choice between hybrids and electric cars. Cover area of EVs, Plug-in Hybrids, and Fuel-Cell Vehicles. Why fuel-cell vehicles? —Akio Toyoda. Source: Toyota.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Behind our backs, Toyota has conducted studies on the Prius hybrid. Three years ago, they stuffed lithium-ion packs in the Prius and put these vehicles through the rigors. Tests likely included durability evaluation, costs, maintenance issues, and so on.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University has analyzed the impact of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) battery pack size on fuel consumption, cost and greenhouse gas emissions over a range of charging frequencies (distance traveled between charges). Shiau et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Energy Policy

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About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity. So far, most start as hybrids.

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