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Honda develops process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from old NiMH batteries for new NiMH batteries for hybrid vehicles

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Honda Motor Co., Honda has been extracting an oxide containing rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydride batteries at the plant of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Honda has been extracting an oxide containing rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydride batteries at the plant of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co.,

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Researchers report advances toward room-temperature fluoride-ion batteries

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However, current fluoride batteries use molten salt electrolytes, and thus need to operate at high temperatures. Christopher Brooks, Chief Scientist, Honda Research Institute, co-author. Rechargeable fluoride-based batteries could offer very high energy density. Victoria K. Davis, Christopher M. Bates, Kaoru Omichi, Brett M.

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