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Panasonic to supply Li-ion battery cells for Ford’s hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles

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Lithium-ion battery cell for plug-in hybrid vehicles (left) and. Panasonic Corporation will supply prismatic lithium-ion battery cells for Ford Motor Company’s Fusion Hybrid Electric and C-Max Hybrid Electric as well as the Ford Fusion Energi and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrids. hybrid electric vehicles (right).

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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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Battery reliability ranks as the single-most important purchase consideration by potential hybrid customers, topping 17 other factors such as fuel economy and number of safety features, according to a recent Ford-commissioned survey. The Key Life Test (KLT) takes about 10 months to complete. Yang, X.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

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Toyota has now built a plug-in version of the Prius, which may again see the company beat its rivals to the punch on name value alone. It has also launched flexible fuel vehicles in Brazil. So who is leading the green car race? In part one of our summary, we look at the leaders and the chasing pack. The green car race – the leaders.