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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting. Once inside and cruising down the road, wind noise was nearly non-existent, partially due to the low 0.33 The interior is a most welcoming place, offering comfort, style and all the tech you could want. Your numbers may differ.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus UX 250h F Sport AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting. Once inside and cruising down the road, wind noise was non-existent, partially due to the low 0.33 The interior is a most welcoming place offering comfort, style and all the tech you could want. Your numbers may differ. A functional package.

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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

Green Car Congress

Toyota is using a NiMH battery in the Mirai. The headlights exhibit high-tech and sophisticated luxury through a novel design that presents an ultra-thin profile with an inline arrangement of four LED lights plus visible heat sinks and other optical equipment. million km) of road testing.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. By 2002, BYD had become one of the top four manufacturers worldwide - and the largest Chinese manufacturer - in each of the three rechargeable battery technologies (Li-Ion, NiCad, and NiMH), according to a Harvard Business School case study of the company. " When he got back to the U.S.,

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. — Larry 4.

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