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229 Articles match "NiMH"
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A plug-in Toyota Prius for less than a regular Prius?
Now, I’m not saying that’s going to happen, but according to the MotorTrend article, the lithium-ion battery pack in the plug-in Toyota Prius actually costs less than the NiMH battery pack in the conventional Prius. kwh of battery, wouldn’t lithium be much cheaper than NiMH at $800 for 1.3 Good for just 70 mpg?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Thursday, September 2, 2010
Peugeot 3008 hybrid 4: Diesel hybrids versus gas hybrids
The all wheel drive, 163-horsepower, 2.0-liter I-4 turbodiesel will be mated to a 37-horsepower electric motor and utilize a NiMH battery pack, resulting in a full hybrid powertrain capable of pure electric propulsion – the key to outstanding urban fuel economy. Would a diesel hybrid resonate in America?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Hybrid crazy China: Supply and demand manipulation?
Several years ago Ford claimed many more hybrid cars could have been sold, if not for Toyota’s stranglehold on NiMH battery supplies. That might not be as relevant as with NiMH batteries, but it could still be an important key to early success. First currency manipulation, now plug-in supply manipulation? Just EVs?
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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After Extensive, Secretive Testing, Toyota Chooses NiMH Over Li-Ion
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. The results of the testing are in, and Toyota has decided in favor of keeping
All Cars Electric
- Monday, September 14, 2009
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Toyota Hybrid Breakthrough! One-mile EV Range Highlander Hybrid!
Mistakenly blaming the battery type (NiMH) for the meager all-electric performance, AutoBlogGreen remains as confused as most auto journalists about plugs and cars, plug-in hybrids, electric cars, and batteries. The 24 NiMH batteries in my Toyota RAV4 EV take the car 120 miles without gasoline. Would a Lithium-ion battery be better?
Plugs and Cars
- Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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NiMH hybrids a long way from dead
Still the battery of choice for hybrids Over the weekend it was reported that Sanyo will supply enough NiMH batteries for several tens of thousands of Peugeot hybrid vehicles per year beginning in 2011. For years, Ford has complained about a shortage of NiMH batteries.
Hybrid Car Blog
- Monday, November 2, 2009
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AC Motors, NiMH batteries, and Wheel Motors
AC motor question: I'm looking for a less expensive, probably US-made AC motor. I'm aiming my design at 1400 lbs maximum. Ideas?
Electric Cars are for Girls
- Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Toyota: NiMH more cost-effective than lithium
Over the years Toyota has been able to bring down the cost of its NiMH battery packs "dramatically" and cost reductions, notes Kuroda, are the key to the continued success of the Prius. It could have been lithium powered? There was a time when it seemed that the third generation Toyota Prius was going to be powered by lithium-ion batteries.
Hybrid Car Blog
- Friday, June 12, 2009
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Toyota Seeks to Boost NiMH Battery Production Capacity 10%
wants to expand the production capacity for the NiMH battery packs it uses in hybrids by 10%. The automaker is now seeking access to enough NiMH batteries to equip 1.1 Panasonic EV Energy is capable of churning out roughly 700,000 NiMH battery packs a year. Nikkei. Toyota Motor Corp.
Green Car Congress
- Sunday, June 14, 2009
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Sanyo To Supply NiMH Batteries to Peugeot
The Nikkei is reporting that Sanyo Electric Co. has signed an agreement with PSA Peugeot Citroen to supply nickel-metal hydride batteries for diesel-electric hybrids. Peugeot wants to be the first car maker to put diesel-electric powertrains into production vehicles. The French auto company will use the batteries in the 2011 Peugeot 3008 SUV
All Cars Electric
- Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Toyota Sticking With NiMH for Strong Hybrids in Near Term
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. Toyota has been able to bring down the cost of the NiMH pack in the Prius “dramatically”, he said.
Green Car Congress
- Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Toward a Plug-in Hybrid Saturn Vue
While the future may belong to Lithium, a case can easily be made for the early roll-0ut of NiMH plug-ins. Hundreds of millions of safe, robust, reliable miles have been driven in EV1s and Toyota RAV4 EVs, as well as billions of miles in conventional hybrids, all using NiMH. partnership of Cobasys (Chevron/ECD) and A123 got the second.
Plugs and Cars
- Thursday, January 4, 2007
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Small NIMH Batteries to Power an Electric Car?
1100 mah NIMH batteries. I have several hundred 7.4v Can I wire them together to make a battery pack large enough to power an AC electric car? Hi, ManZie
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