Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Panasonic Corporation’s NiMH 12V Energy Recovery Systems ( earlier post ) is being applied in the new idle-stop (stop-start) minicars just introduced by Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors in Japan: the Nissan DAYZ ROOX and Mitsubishi eK Space. The new models were designed and developed for the Japanese market by NMKV Co.,
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 9, 2022
According to MIT, the Nissan Leaf , an all-electric vehicle, costs its owners about $300 a month in the purchase price, maintenance and fuel; the Lexus GX , a luxury gas-powered vehicle, costs its owners upwards of $750 a month. There are two primary types of hybrid vehicle batteries: nickel-metal hydride batteries and lithium-ion batteries.
Electric Auto Association
JUNE 22, 2021
The Honda EV+, Toyota RAV4EV, and the inductively-charged Nissan Hypermini were produced in Japan. Optional were Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries, the same as those used in Toyota’s RAV4EV and Honda’s EV+.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2014
Hybrids move the most cars—the Toyota Prius is the best-selling car in Japan and California—but their small battery packs mean they require less energy storage in total than full electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf. Hybrids demanded 481 MWh of batteries in Q1 2014, while electric vehicles called for 774 MWh.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 8, 2011
First Toyota retrofitted its Auriga Leader car transporter ship with a diesel hybrid powertrain, allowing some energy to be recaptured in a bank of nickel-metal-hydride batteries just like those used in its Prius and other hybrid cars. Call it the battle of the clean-car cargo ships.
All Cars Electric
AUGUST 8, 2011
First Toyota retrofitted its Auriga Leader car transporter ship with a diesel hybrid powertrain, allowing some energy to be recaptured in a bank of nickel-metal-hydride batteries just like those used in its Prius and other hybrid cars. Call it the battle of the clean-car cargo ships.
Blink Charging
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
A 2015 conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , which used the first generation Nissan Leaf, revealed that “power fade does not have a significant impact on an EV’s drivability performance, even with substantial levels of fade down to 30% remaining power capacity.
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