article thumbnail

Toyota will invest $14.3B in development of a battery supply system and research and development by 2030

Green Car Congress

For lithium-ion batteries for PHEVs and BEVs, Toyota is working to improve both cost and endurance. Toyota also aims to commercialize all-solid-state batteries. We feel that having identified an issue has brought us one step closer to commercialization. —Masahiko Maeda.

article thumbnail

Toyota aims for sales of more than 5.5M electrified vehicles including 1M ZEVS per year by 2030; no models developed without electrified version

Green Car Congress

Toyota’s electrified vehicle strategy centers on a significant acceleration in the development and launch plans of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Toyota also aims to expand its PHEV line-up in the 2020s.

Toyota 150
article thumbnail

SwRI receives $5.25M ARPA-E award for NEXTCAR technology

Green Car Congress

E advisors, to expand and accelerate commercialization efforts underway from NEXTCAR I. SwRI demonstrated a more than 20% improvement in energy consumption in real-world driving conditions through this combination of vehicle dynamics and advanced powertrain control algorithms including eco-routing, eco-driving and power-split optimization.

Connect 199
article thumbnail

Report: Toyota To Start Commercial Production of Plug-In Hybrids In 2012

Green Car Congress

plans to begin commercial production in 2012 of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). In June, Toyota announced that it will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. Panasonic EV Energy Co.

Plug-in 150
article thumbnail

Third Phase of SDGE In-Use Study Shows PHEVs Excel on Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Reductions Compared to Gasoline ICE and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

One of SDG&E’s converted PHEVs. SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

article thumbnail

Toyota to Lease More Than 150 Experimental Li-Ion PHEVs in Europe

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will lease more than 150 units of its experimental Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as a next step towards commercialization. In the future, the PHV will be the perfect complement to Prius. The first wave of PHVs will reach Strasbourg in late 2009.

Li-ion 170
article thumbnail

CMU/Ford study assesses optimal mix of conventional, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles for minimizing GHG and cost

Green Car Congress

Within the fleet, they considered only vehicles of similar size and acceleration performance to the Toyota Prius. Prior studies compare and select among a small set of fixed vehicle configurations based on selected commercially available vehicles or a small set of simulated vehicle alternatives. We follow Shiau et al. From Traut et al.

Plug-in 210