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Toyota updates Sora fuel cell bus

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The updated Sora is equipped with a new system that shares information on the distance between the vehicles, to prevent two or more buses traveling in a convoy from being separated at traffic lights and bus stops, leading to overall improvements in transportation capacity, speed, and punctuality of the buses.

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Honda to begin reuse of rare earth metals extracted from used NiMH batteries before year end; targeting extraction from motors and Li-ion batteries as well

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and disclosed them as transparent and reliable information in its 2012 Environmental Annual Report, which Honda just issued. The calculation scope matches with the Scope 3 Category 11 (customer use of sold products), where the amount of CO 2 emissions is assumed to be the largest from the viewpoint of the life cycle of Honda products.

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Toyota launches Aqua compact hybrid in Japan; targeting 12,000 units per month in sales

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The Hybrid System Indicator on the instrument panel offers information concerning eco-driving, such as effective accelerator use. In addition to the standard display, an optional high-resolution thin-film-transistor liquid crystal multi-information display provides a variety of eco-driving information. Maximum engine torque.

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Toyota showing two new fuel cell concepts at Tokyo Motor Show: bus and car

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The bus uses a NiMH drive battery. The seats allow for flexible adjustment according to posture, and the displays allow the driver and passengers to freely access information. The Agent function and the touch display are arranged around the driver and passenger seats.

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Australia Begins PHEV Road Trials; Vehicle-to-Home Applications

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CSIRO engineers modified Toyota Prius hybrids by removing the OEM battery pack and installing a larger 6 kWh, 30 Ah NiMH battery pack (five times the capacity of the original 1.2 Ah pack) and a battery charger to allow the cars to plug into and charge with electricity from the grid or from on-site renewable energy sources.

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Menahem Anderman: Enough Already

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One of the things he specifically said to Sherry Boschert, author of Plug-in Hybrids , to demonstrate the inadequacy of NiMH in electric cars was that the batteries have been replaced in many of SCE's fleet of RAV4-EVs. Of the almost 14,000 NiMH battery modules powering these EVs only a little less than 0.5% had to be replaced!

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Porsche adds second production hybrid model, Panamera S Hybrid

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The electric motor is connected to a nickel metal hydride (NiMh) battery that stores electric energy recovered from braking and other driving situations. Inside, this new model also features a display that provides the driver with relevant information about the status of the vehicle’s hybrid drive systems.

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