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Toyota Seeks to Boost NiMH Battery Production Capacity 10%

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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. Toyota Motor Corp.

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ARTS Energy in supply agreement with Hunan Copower for NiMH cells for HEV applications in Europe; 1st step into transportation market

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ARTS Energy will now have access to Hunan Copower 33600 NiMH cells. is a subsidiary of the Hunan Corun New Energy group, which specializes in the design, the production of battery components, cells, batteries and hybrid systems around Ni-MH technology. Beginning 1 September, ARTS will propose purpose-built modules.

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Sanyo To Hike NiMH Battery Output 3.5x in FY09 Due to Hybrid Car Demand

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will more than triple its production of NiMH batteries for hybrids, citing growing demand for these vehicles. And when it announced its business results in mid-May, the company said it would boost production by 150% and make 2.5 But now, Sanyo has decided to boost production by 250% to a monthly rate of 3.5

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Report: Toyota to boost Li-ion production for hybrids to more than 200K packs per year

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Most of Toyota’s hybrids still rely on NiMH batteries. the remainder, has a production line at its Teiho factory in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture that can turn out 36,000 lithium-ion batteries per year, but the line does not have the capacity to meet Toyota’s production target. The Nikkei reported that Toyota Motor Corp.

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ATC Drivetrain launches remanufacturing solutions for electric vehicles in North America and Asia

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With the addition of EV capabilities, ATC will become a one-stop global remanufacturing solution provider for powertrain and drivetrain products regardless of the technology powering the vehicle or the region of the world. —George Kostopoulos, Vice President Global Sales and Marketing at ATC Drivetrain.

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Life cycle analysis of three battery chemistries for PHEVs and BEVs; environmental impacts higher than expected

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They compiled a transparent life cycle inventory (LCI) in a component-wise manner for nickel metal hydride (NiMH), nickel cobalt manganese lithium-ion (NCM), and iron phosphate lithium-ion (LFP) batteries. A paper on the study appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Majeau-Bettez et al.

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Toyota Motor and partners start NiMH battery-to-battery recycling in Japan

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To carry out the business, TMC has established the Toyota HV Call Center to help recover the batteries, constructed advanced recycling facilities designed for mass production in cooperation with Toyota Chemical Engineering, and is receiving support from Sumitomo Metal Mining concerning the refining of nickel for use in batteries.