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IDTechEx: NiMH batteries still dominant in full hybrids, largely due to Toyota

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While the lithium-ion battery is dominant in battery-electric vehicles, NiMH batteries are still the most common in full hybrid vehicles (HEVs), according to a new report—“ Full Hybrid Electric Vehicle Markets 2021-2041 ”—from IDTechEx. It is also much more technologically mature and lower cost than Li-ion.

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IDTechEx: future of the electric ship industry lies with hybrid cargo vessels

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Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Boats & Ships 2024-2044” Electric and hybrid vessels are also typically new-builds, specifically designed to be efficient with electric propulsion. IDTechEx concludes that the future of the electric ship industry lies with hybrid cargo vessels. Battery deliveries to ships 2019-2022 GWh.

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Anderman report sees strongest growth for full-hybrid systems; Li-ion batteries for hybrids may be in short supply

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Low-cost 14V micro hybrid systems and full (strong) hybrid (i.e., The 170-page report also finds that while the combined global EV and plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) market share is expected to grow to about 1.5% According to the report’s baseline estimate, the global Li-ion xEV business will reach $3.8 billion in 2020.

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Hitachi Automotive supplying Li-ion packs to Nissan for the 2014 Pathfinder Hybrid

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—is supplying the 144V lithium-ion battery pack for the 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid sport utility vehicle now on sale in North America. Li-ion pack for the Pathfinder. million cells for commercial hybrid buses and trucks and hybrid passenger vehicles. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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New hybrid Li-ion/oxygen battery offers high energy and high power

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A team at Sichuan University in China is proposing a novel lithium-ion/oxygen hybrid battery system that exploits the advantages and minimizes the disadvantages of both lithium-ion batteries (LIB) and lithium-oxygen batteries (LOB). Development of beyond LIB systems is a way to meet the urgent need. —Mu et al.

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Axeon providing Li-ion packs for two plug-in vehicles in RAC Future Car Challenge

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Axeon will provide Li-ion packs to power two vehicles in this year’s 60-mile RAC (Royal Automobile Club) Future Car Challenge : the Jaguar XJ_e plug-in hybrid advanced research project and Emerald Automotive’s t-001 range-extended electric van. Jaguar’s XJ_e plug-in hybrid advanced research project uses a 12.3

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Navigant Research ranks LG Chem as top automotive Li-ion battery manufacturer

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Navigant automotive Li-ion Leaderboard. Navigant Research expects the Li-ion industry to produce 49 GWh of battery capacity for vehicles in 2020, a more than tenfold increase over 2013 production numbers. However, the market researcher notes, the vendor landscape within the Li-ion industry is still unsettled.

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