Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2010
unveiled the second generation Touareg and showcased the brand’s first hybrid at the 2010 New York International Auto Show. The electric motor can also recover kinetic energy during braking to help recharge the nickel metal-hydride battery pack. Volkswagen of America, Inc. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 31, 2010
2010 Altima. 2010 Fusion. 2010 Lexus HS250h. Sonata’s hybrid system stores its electrical charge in a 34 kW lithium polymer rechargeable battery (5.3Ah/270V) from LG Chem. times more energy density than nickel-metal hydride batteries, allowing Hyundai engineers to devote less space and weight to the battery pack.
Green Car Congress
JULY 8, 2013
The reversible redox reaction without the formation of resistive solid products promotes rechargeability, demonstrating 100 cycles with negligible capacity fading. Li metal with 1 M of LiPF 6 in ethylene carbonate (EC)/dimethyl carbonate (DMC) electrolyte was used for the anode. kWh kg -1 cell (1.0 500 km) [311 miles].
Green Cars News
JUNE 25, 2009
Though widely thought of as the ultimate green car, the 2010 Toyota Prius is facing criticism over just how green it is. The controversy centres on its use of a nickel metal hydride battery. Nickel metal hydride batteries can also be fully recycled, with Toyota part of one of the largest recycling programmes.
Plug In Partners
JUNE 11, 2008
Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., Lithium-ion batteries , now common in laptops, produce more power and are smaller than nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids now.
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2010
IBM and its partners have launched a multi-year research initiative exploring rechargeable Li-air systems: The Battery 500 Project. At present, automotive propulsion batteries are just beginning the transition from nickel metal hydride to Li-ion batteries, after nearly 35 years of research and development on the latter.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal.
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