Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2013
If successful, UMD’s water-based battery would achieve the performance standards of lithium-ion batteries, but would be smaller, lighter, and less expensive. Rare-Earth Free NiMH Alloy for EV Batteries. Water-Based Flow Battery for EVs. Structural Battery Power Panels. General Electric.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2009
CSIRO engineers modified Toyota Prius hybrids by removing the OEM battery pack and installing a larger 6 kWh, 30 Ah NiMH battery pack (five times the capacity of the original 1.2 Ah pack) and a battery charger to allow the cars to plug into and charge with electricity from the grid or from on-site renewable energy sources.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2009
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. Volkswagen is partnering with a number of companies, including Sanyo and Toshiba, on batteries, power electronics and electric machines. Martin Winterkorn.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Though as the environmental lobby constantly points out, electric vehiclesonly provide a significant emissions benefit if their batteries are chargedby clean power from renewable resources. The widespread adoption of electric cars would put a considerable extra strainon the power-genera-tion industry.
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