Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Toyota continues to stay the course with nickel-metal hydride battery cells for many of its hybrid vehicles, even though most other hybrid vehicles from other brands have moved on to using lithium-ion cells exclusively.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 21, 2020
The 2021 Lexus ES 300h hybrid sedan gets a handful of changes for the new model year, including a new, more compact, lithium-ion battery pack. Switching from nickel-metal hydride to lithium-ion chemistry allowed for a 4.7-inch inch reduction in the height of the pack, Lexus said in a press release Thursday.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 24, 2023
A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links. When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. Here’s a brief overview.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Toyota has been continuously evolving nickel-metal hydride batteries and lithium-ion batteries for hybrids by taking advantage of their respective characteristics. In other words, we can say that the batteries needed for 260,000 BEVs have been used to achieve the CO 2 emissions reduction effect of 5.5 million BEVs.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 2, 2015
The division is pretty clear: nickel-metal-hydride batteries are for use only in hybrids--at least those from Toyota, which has used more of the batteries than any other maker by far.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2013
has established what it says it is the first process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from old nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries for use in hybrid vehicles. Honda Motor Co., Earlier post.) Such a process has been of interest for some time.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2013
(JMC) to jointly pursue the reuse of a rare earth metal extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries in hybrid vehicles for magnets of new hybrid vehicle motors. Honda’s process for reusing extracted rare earth metal in motors. Earlier post.).
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