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Jilin team improves hydrogen storage alloys to boost performance of NiMH batteries

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2018

Researchers at Jilin University in China have proposed a new strategy for designing hydrogen storage alloys with high capacity and long cycling life to improve the discharge capacity and cycling life of nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. Their candidate alloy—La 0.62 Jiang (2018) “A strategy for designing new AB4.5-type

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Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH Ni-Li Hydrogen

Honda develops process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from old NiMH batteries for new NiMH batteries for hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2013

Honda’s process for recycling NiMH batteries. has established what it says it is the first process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from old nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries for use in hybrid vehicles. The new portion of the process is outlined in red. Click to enlarge. Honda Motor Co.,

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH Honda Molten Salt

Graphene-based supercapacitor offers energy density comparable to NiMH battery, but with rapid charge and discharge

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

These values are comparable to those of NiMH batteries, the researchers note, but the new supercapacitor offers the ability to be charged or discharged within seconds or minutes. Researchers from Nanotek Instruments and Angstron Materials have developed a graphene-based supercapacitor that exhibits a specific energy density of 85.6

NiMH

NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Batteries

Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

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JUNE 10, 2009

kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. kilowatt hour NiMH battery pack with the 6.1kWh pack, retails for $12,500. Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp.

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NiMH Kits Conversion Prius

Honda to reuse rare earth metal extracted from NiMH batteries in hybrids for hybrid vehicle motors

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2013

Now, Honda will expand the reuse of extracted rare earth metals to motors for hybrid vehicles to achieve the further recycling of these limited resources. Earlier post.).

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Honda NiMH Hybrid

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

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

Honda will pursue the recycling of precious resources by reusing extracted rare earth metals not only for nickel-metal hydride batteries, but also for use in a wide range of parts. Concerning the recycling of resources used for its products, Honda has long been committed to the 3R (reduce, reuse, recycle) approach. Honda Motor Co.,

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Honda NiMH Li-ion

Kyoto University team proposes selective dismantling to increase recycling potential of precious metals from end-of-life vehicles

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2018

ABS, ETC, NiMH, LIB and PWB signify anti-lock braking system, electronic toll collection, Nickel metal hydride (battery), Lithium-ion battery, and printed wiring board, respectively. Recycling potential amounts of PMs from PWBs of ELVs in Japan 2040. The mean values (between minimum and maximum collection ratios) are shown. 8b04273.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Universal Japan Vehicles

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

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

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.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH PHEV Li-ion

Anderman report sees strongest growth for full-hybrid systems; Li-ion batteries for hybrids may be in short supply

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Although NiMH is still the dominant battery in the high-voltage hybrid market, Li-ion technology started to take market share around 2009 and is expected to continually increase its share with time. The 170-page report also finds that while the combined global EV and plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) market share is expected to grow to about 1.5%

Li-ion

Li-ion Hybrid NiMH Batteries

3D self-assembling nanostructure for cathodes enables very rapid charge and discharge without sacrificing capacity; potential for EVs

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. Click to enlarge. Their findings are published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Li-ion Lithium Ion Charging

Tesla and Toyota Formalize Agreement to Develop Electric Version of RAV4; Targeting US Sales in 2012

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JULY 16, 2010

Those vehicles were powered by a 288V, 26 kWh NiMH battery pack with a range of about 80 miles between charges, according to Toyota. A survey of 132 RAV4-EVs by the Electric Auto Association presented to the California Air Resources Board found a range of 103.1 miles, with an 11.6 mile standard deviation.

Toyota

Toyota 2012 2003 NiMH

Lux: 48 V micro-hybrid market will pass 7M vehicles in 2024; promising for LTO Li-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2014

For example, after more than 15 years of selling the Prius hybrid, Toyota is just beginning to shift some of its models to Li-ion batteries from nickel metal hydride (NiMH). Mind the Gap: 48 V Micro-hybrids, the Bridge to Vehicle Electrification. 48V Forecasts Hybrids'

Li-ion

Li-ion Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Market

University of Illinois licenses StructurePore cathode technology to Xerion for commercialization of the ultra-rapid charging technology

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

In a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology in March, Braun and his group reported on the development of a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (supporting both Li-ion and NiMH chemistries) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. Earlier post.). 2011.38.

Illinois

Illinois Universal Nickel Metal Hydride Commercial

ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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JUNE 6, 2013

The hybrid has also achieved comparable MPG performance with that of the same model powered by Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries but at a significantly lower cost, ALABC said. The UltraBattery Retrofit Project DP1.8 Boris Monahov, program manager.

Lead Acid

Lead Acid Civic Hybrid Fleet Miles

BASF acquires Ovonic Battery Company; NiMH leader to be part of BASF Battery Materials business unit

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Ovonic is a leading producer of NiMH (nickel metal hydride) battery technology, including the production of cathode active materials (CAMs) for this battery type. Ovonic is the inventor of the NiMH technology as it is used today, and has a patent portfolio of 97 US and international patents and patent applications in this field.

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NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride Li-ion Batteries

EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

GM hasn’t got the resources or good will banked to do both plug-in and fuel cell roll-outs, and it knows only one of those has a near term prospect for success. Toyota’s first Plug-in Prius to Use NiMH Toyota is postponing its Lithium Priuses and rolling out a few NiMH plug-in Priuses for testing purposes.

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI

Battery/Ultracapacitor System for Small Electric Vehicles

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APRIL 27, 2009

The battery pack comprised two parallel strings of 14 series-connected 12 V NiMH batteries (Saft NHE 10-100). The vehicle target was a small electric vehicle (similar to a neighborhood elecric vehicle, NEV) with a speed limit of 40-50 km/h (25-31 mph), maximum power of 40 kW, and a weight of about 800 kg.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Batteries Battery Vehicles

ORNL, UT Austin team proposes optimization framework for hybrids; balancing fuel consumption, motor efficiency, battery capacity and life

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Although for the paper they worked with a NiMH battery system, the analysis can be easily extended to a Li-ion battery system. The new computationally efficient battery model is able to capture charge–discharge behavior well to study thermal response of the batteries. —Shaltout et al. Shaltout, Andreas A. 2014.2376472.

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Austin Motor Motors Motoring

Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota has stepped up its research, development and production capacity of both NiMH and Li-ion batteries and will use these technologies where appropriate in its expanding focus on electrification of the automobile.

Prius

Prius Hydrogen Toyota Plug-in

UC Davis Researchers Suggest the Battery Problem Seen to Be Slowing Electric Drive Commercialization Is Perceptual as Well as Technological

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

They found that the requirements derived from prospective consumers are within the capabilities of several lithium-based battery chemistries, and even that some NiMH batteries can meet energy density, ir not peak power density, requirements of most PHEV designs created by new car-buying households interested in PHEVs. Axsen et al.

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Davis Commercial PHEV EPRI

Updated Roland Berger Li-ion study forecasts auto Li-ion battery market of more than US$9B by 2015; massive overcapacity and market consolidation

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2012

Although NiMH batteries will remain entrenched in certain segments through 2015, the Roland Berger analysts see continued penetration of the Li-ion technology. Even if Japanese and Korean carmakers opt for alternative drive technologies, the majority of hybrid vehicles produced will be equipped with nickel-metal-hybrid batteries by 2015.

Li-ion

Li-ion 2015 Market Batteries

NREL study finds gasoline hybrid delivery trucks substantially reduce emissions and beat or maintain fuel economy compared to diesel vehicles

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Ah NiMH battery pack. Resources. The AZD parallel hybrid system consists of a 100 kW AC induction motor with regenerative braking; a 120 kW inverter; electric 5-speed Torqshaft automatic O/D transmission; and Cobasys 288 V, 60 kW, 8.5 The system operates at 288 VDC nominal, and uses a separate low-temperature cooling loop.

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Diesel

The influencer

Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 1, 2022

If you’re spending all these resources trying to protect something, maybe you should work on reducing the ‘something’ so you won’t need to protect it,” Cox said. His interest grew deeper when he was an officer in the U.S. I had a 30 mile commute to work… and there were no charging stations there.”

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EV1 Los Angeles Nickel Metal Hydride GM

University of Glamorgan and Atraverda to Partner on Bi-Polar Lead-Acid Batteries; Potential Application in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2009

Bi-polar lead-acid batteries approach the storage densities of NiMH, but at lower cost. Bi-polar batteries are 100% recyclable and will be significantly cheaper than other battery types under development such as lithium technologies. Source: Atraverda. Click to enlarge. Journal of Power Sources.

Lead Acid

Lead Acid Universal Electric Vehicles Batteries

NREL/GM Project Finds Ultracaps Perform as Well or Better Than NiMH Pack for Energy Storage in Mild Hybrid Vehicle

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) project, funded by GM, found that an ultracapacitor-based energy storage system (ESS) in a Saturn VUE BAS (belt alternator starter) mild hybrid performed at least as well or better than the NiMH battery system in the production hybrid. Pesaran, A.; Lustbader, J.; Tataria, H.

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NiMH Energy Storage VUE Saturn

Interim NREL Report on In-Use Azure Balance Gasoline Hybrids in FedEx Fleet Finds Substantially Lower Tailpipe Emissions, Similar Fuel Economy to Diesels

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JUNE 12, 2010

Ah NimH battery pack. The Balance Hybrid system is a parallel system featuring a 100 kW AC induction motor with regenerative braking; a 120 kW inverter; and a Cobasys 288V, 60 kW, 8.5 System voltage is 288 VDC nominal. Routes were exchanged between gHEV and diesel trucks after six months. Barnitt, May 2010 ( NREL/TP-540-47693 ).

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Diesel

Forecast: Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Hybrid vehicles, which require batteries that primarily provide short bursts of power for acceleration and allow the engine to be turned off when idling, have been served well by less expensive nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, and this class of vehicles will be much slower to shift to higher cost Li-ion batteries, according to the report.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion 2015 Li-ion Electric Vehicles

Amorphous titanium dioxide nanotube anodes for sodium-ion batteries show ability to self-improve specific capacity

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

V, the operation voltage of the NiMH battery used in most hybrids now, the authors noted.). The cell shows an operation voltage of ~1.8 V and a discharge capacity of ~80 mAh/g. The obtained voltage is smaller compared with a Li-ion battery, but still higher than 1.2 —Xiong et al. Hui Xiong, Michael D.

Sodium

Sodium Li-ion Ni-Li Batteries

CMU study explores optimizing PHEV design and allocation to minimize life cycle cost, petroleum consumption, and GHG emissions

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

kW h electricity, $400/kW h Li-ion batteries, $600/kWh NiMH batteries, and 5% discount rate, PHEVs are part of the least-cost solution for gas prices above $2.6/gal, Relative to our base case of $3.30/gal gal gasoline, $0.11/kW gal, electricity prices below $0.16/kW Ching-Shin Norman Shiau, Nikhil Kaushal, Chris T. Hendrickson, Scott B.

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PHEV Design Emissions Li-ion

Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011

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JUNE 16, 2009

Noting that PHEVs with a 10-mile range in blended strategy and possibly the Chevy Volt at demonstration volumes (several thousand units per year) by 2011, Anderman called the California Air Resources Board and the ZEV mandate the main market driver for these vehicles. California Air Resources Board. Data: Tom Cackette, ARB.

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Li-ion 2011 Market Hybrid

The 80-20 Rule

Plug In Partners

JULY 18, 2008

A study by EPRI , the California Air Resources Board, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and others (5.3MB PDF) concluded that plug-in hybrids produced substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions than either conventional gasoline cars or unplugged hybrids.

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EPRI Li-ion Ni-Li PHEV

Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2007

So he proposed at the California Air Resources Board ZEV workshop on Tuesday. Tags: plug-in prius california air resources board a123 systems plug-in hybrid les goldman. Les Goldman wants you to convert (your hybrid.) Easy as 123. An ARB ZEV meeting is ordinarily a predictable affair. Let the people convert!

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Convert Prius Plug-in Civic Hybrid

Right Here, Right Now

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 22, 2006

As production volume increases, however, costs will come down with the introduction of automated manufacturing lines and economies of scale.

EPRI

EPRI Li-ion NiMH PHEV

Mixed Outlook for Mainstream Consumer Adoption of PHEVs

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. Let’s talk about water quality, local emissions, natural resources and the wars that come from places that don’t have enough natural resources.

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PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change

VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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JULY 4, 2009

Limited fossil fuel resources. VW, Daimler subsidiary Daug and Varta developed a NimH battery in the early 90s, and the VW group put the Audi duo hybrid on the road in 1997. The necessary reduction of criteria and greenhouse gas emissions, both globally and locally. Currently, cars contribute. about 7% of global CO 2 emissions.

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2013 Companies Gas-Electric Recharge

What does the future hold for lithium-ion batteries?

Green Cars News

JUNE 17, 2009

His projection, which excludes the Chinese market, engineering prototypes and battery packs made from 18650 consumer cells, would represent a $321million market in 2011 compared to the projected $1,232million market for NiMH batteries.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Future

FTA Report on Worldwide H2 Bus Demonstrations Finds Better Than Expected Performance and Strong Customer Acceptance; Challenges Remain

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2009

Despite poor battery performance, many participants believed that the next generation of fuel cell vehicles will need some form of hybridization to increase range and fuel efficiency and several indicated that the next generation of fuel cell buses likely will use either lithium-ion (Li-ion) or nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Hydrogen 2002 Fuel

Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

This catch-22 - you need the polluting engine running to keep the emissions mitigation running - has regulators including the California Air Resources Board (ARB) frowning upon PHEV conversions. Third party converters have spent time and resources tweaking their plug-in hybrids to meet ARB testing written with gasoline-only hybrids in mind.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Prius Highlander

Honda boosts performance and fuel economy on 2013 CR-Z Sport Hybrid Coupe using new Li-ion pack

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The 2013 Honda CR-Z goes on sale 21 November with a number of powertrain, styling and feature upgrades, including a new Li-ion battery pack that replaces the NiMH pack in the MY 2012 CR-Z hybrid and delivers more power and improved fuel economy. The MY 2012 CR-Z hybrid used a 100V NiMH pack.) Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Fuel Economy 2013 Honda

Researchers at Japans AIST Propose a Rechargeable Ni-Li Battery with Hybrid Electrolyte; Ultrahigh Theoretical Energy Density Plus High Power Potential

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

With the same calculations, NiMh offers 214 Wh/kg, and cobalt oxide Li-ion cells offer 414 Wh/kg. Current prominent battery systems such as Li-ion and NiMH demonstrate “ huge gaps ” between expected and practical performances, the researchers note. The proposed Ni-Li battery offers both a high cell voltage (3.49

Ni-Li

Ni-Li Recharge Li-ion NiMH

Prius c hybrid goes on sale in US with entry MSRP of $18,950; new transaxle, motor technology

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Ah NiMH battery and a variable-voltage system in which a boost converter boosts the operating voltage of the system to a maximum of 520 V DC. The 144V NiMH air-cooled battery pack in the Prius c has been made more compact and lightweight and is installed under the rear seat. The NiMH pack in the Liftback is 201V.) Battery pack.

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Prius Hybrid Motor Motors

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. We believe both NiMH and Li-Ion are ready. This formed the basis for the EAA-PHEV project.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride

Ford’s Key Life Battery test for Li-ion batteries simulates 10 years, 150K miles in 10 months, under different conditions

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Ford had earlier developed a NiMH battery model for use in KLTs, as detailed in a 2010 paper by a Ford team (Yang et al. The Key Life Test (KLT) takes about 10 months to complete. published in the International Journal of Energy Research. Taenaka, B., and Snyder, K. Energy Res. , 34: 171–181. doi: 10.1002/er.1657.

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Li-ion Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries Battery

Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. The GREET 1.6

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid

Jilin team improves hydrogen storage alloys to boost performance of NiMH batteries

Honda develops process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from old NiMH batteries for new NiMH batteries for hybrid vehicles

Graphene-based supercapacitor offers energy density comparable to NiMH battery, but with rapid charge and discharge

Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

Honda to reuse rare earth metal extracted from NiMH batteries in hybrids for hybrid vehicle motors

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

Kyoto University team proposes selective dismantling to increase recycling potential of precious metals from end-of-life vehicles

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

Anderman report sees strongest growth for full-hybrid systems; Li-ion batteries for hybrids may be in short supply

3D self-assembling nanostructure for cathodes enables very rapid charge and discharge without sacrificing capacity; potential for EVs

Tesla and Toyota Formalize Agreement to Develop Electric Version of RAV4; Targeting US Sales in 2012

Lux: 48 V micro-hybrid market will pass 7M vehicles in 2024; promising for LTO Li-ion batteries

University of Illinois licenses StructurePore cathode technology to Xerion for commercialization of the ultra-rapid charging technology

ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

BASF acquires Ovonic Battery Company; NiMH leader to be part of BASF Battery Materials business unit

EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Battery/Ultracapacitor System for Small Electric Vehicles

ORNL, UT Austin team proposes optimization framework for hybrids; balancing fuel consumption, motor efficiency, battery capacity and life

Toyota broadly outlines next-generation Prius; developing wireless inductive charging for the plug-in model; bullish on hydrogen

UC Davis Researchers Suggest the Battery Problem Seen to Be Slowing Electric Drive Commercialization Is Perceptual as Well as Technological

Updated Roland Berger Li-ion study forecasts auto Li-ion battery market of more than US$9B by 2015; massive overcapacity and market consolidation

NREL study finds gasoline hybrid delivery trucks substantially reduce emissions and beat or maintain fuel economy compared to diesel vehicles

The influencer

University of Glamorgan and Atraverda to Partner on Bi-Polar Lead-Acid Batteries; Potential Application in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

NREL/GM Project Finds Ultracaps Perform as Well or Better Than NiMH Pack for Energy Storage in Mild Hybrid Vehicle

Interim NREL Report on In-Use Azure Balance Gasoline Hybrids in FedEx Fleet Finds Substantially Lower Tailpipe Emissions, Similar Fuel Economy to Diesels

Forecast: Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015

Amorphous titanium dioxide nanotube anodes for sodium-ion batteries show ability to self-improve specific capacity

CMU study explores optimizing PHEV design and allocation to minimize life cycle cost, petroleum consumption, and GHG emissions

Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011

The 80-20 Rule

Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Right Here, Right Now

Mixed Outlook for Mainstream Consumer Adoption of PHEVs

VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

What does the future hold for lithium-ion batteries?

FTA Report on Worldwide H2 Bus Demonstrations Finds Better Than Expected Performance and Strong Customer Acceptance; Challenges Remain

Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Honda boosts performance and fuel economy on 2013 CR-Z Sport Hybrid Coupe using new Li-ion pack

Researchers at Japans AIST Propose a Rechargeable Ni-Li Battery with Hybrid Electrolyte; Ultrahigh Theoretical Energy Density Plus High Power Potential

Prius c hybrid goes on sale in US with entry MSRP of $18,950; new transaxle, motor technology

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Ford’s Key Life Battery test for Li-ion batteries simulates 10 years, 150K miles in 10 months, under different conditions

Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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