Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

In addition to the main cooperative agreement with ESMA, Saft has also signed a distribution agreement for the supercapacitors with KBi (Kold Ban International), a US company specializing in diesel engine starting systems that is already an established ESMA distributor for North America.

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Nickel Cadmium Ni-Li Nickel Metal Hydride Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Lead Acid Civic Hybrid Fleet Miles 223

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

A new nickel metal-hydride (NiMH) battery is used with a revised construction and more compact cooling system that allows for smaller dimensions overall. The system has a compact and lightweight new transaxle and Power Control Unit, designed to minimize power losses through heat and friction.

Lexus 262

Lexus Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Gasoline-Electric 262

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

Calty) in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Toyota Motor North America Research and Development (TMNA R&D) in Saline, Michigan; and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. Avalon received an all-encompassing makeover by Toyota’s US-based design, engineering, and manufacturing entities at Calty Design Research Inc. liter V6 (2GR-FKS), and, a 2.5-liter

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2019 Toyota Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2009

Fuel cell hybrid buses are deployed in North America, at AC Transit and SunLine in California, and CTTRANSIT in Connecticut. Despite significant progress, fuel cell durability must be substantially increased and/or the cost of replacement fuel cell stacks must be substantially decreased. Energy Storage.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Hydrogen 2002 Fuel 170

Charged EVs

MARCH 11, 2024

Over 90% of the world’s rare earth magnets are produced in China, and there is virtually no scale capacity in North America today to produce rare earth magnets. Rare earths are used in nickel metal hydride batteries, but not really to a significant extent in lithium-ion batteries.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

DECEMBER 4, 2009

PEVE is the world’s leading producer of nickel-metal hydride batteries for automotive drive applications, having surpassed two million units in total production volume. And, although lithium-ion batteries are less expensive in terms of materials, they are more expensive than nickel-metal in terms of production costs.

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Lithium Ion Prius Los Angeles Nickel Metal Hydride 36

Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Over 90% of the world’s rare earth magnets are produced in China, and there is virtually no scale capacity in North America today to produce rare earth magnets. Rare earths are used in nickel metal hydride batteries, but not really to a significant extent in lithium-ion batteries.

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Supplies Fort Worth Charging Fuel 52

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

With automakers planning to spend more than $13 billion to build at least 13 new EV battery plants in North America within the next five to seven years, experienced management and production line talent will likely be in extremely short supply. Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory needs some 10,000 workers alone, for example. Herb Simon.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Nickel Metal Hydride 96

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Jim Lentz, TMS president, confirmed in his speech at NAIAS that TMS is developing a Prius family “marketing strategy” for North America that will take full advantage of the Prius brand equity, and said that “among others, the FT-CH is a concept that we are considering.”. —Jim Lentz. Eight new hybrids.

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Prius Toyota Concept Hybrid 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America in GMs interviewed by Carlist.com ). —Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America, first non-Japanese member of Toyota Motors Board of Directors in exclusive interview at Edmunds.coms. Bloomberg ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45