Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Michelin’s Energy Pack containing battery and fuel cell range extender offers a significantly improved performance over the original NiMH battery with overall energy density almost quadrupled. Range of the F-City H2 is 150 km (93 miles).

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France F-150 Switzerland Range 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The electric M1 has a top speed of 120 km/h (75 mph) and can cover 150km (93 miles) on a single charge. Chery uses a NiMH battery system from Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions in the hybrid A5 ISG sedan. Chery Automobile Co., —Xiangqian Li, CEO of China BAK. Earlier post.).

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Chery Li-ion China Lithium Ion 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2010

Those vehicles were powered by a 288V, 26 kWh NiMH battery pack with a range of about 80 miles between charges, according to Toyota. miles, with an 11.6 mile standard deviation. A survey of 132 RAV4-EVs by the Electric Auto Association presented to the California Air Resources Board found a range of 103.1

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Toyota 2012 2003 NiMH 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Ah NiMH battery and a variable-voltage system in which a boost converter boosts the operating voltage of the system to a maximum of 520 V DC. The 144V NiMH air-cooled battery pack in the Prius c has been made more compact and lightweight and is installed under the rear seat. The NiMH pack in the Liftback is 201V.) Battery pack.

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Prius Hybrid Motor Motoring 356

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Although NiMH is still the dominant battery in the high-voltage hybrid market, Li-ion technology started to take market share around 2009 and is expected to continually increase its share with time. 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%

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Li-ion Hybrid NiMH Batteries 265

Plugs and Cars

APRIL 25, 2007

Praising his Toyota RAV4 EV, Avi Hershkovitz says, "I've put more than 121,000 miles (195,000 km) on this vehicle, and it's definitely the best, most reliable thing I've ever driven." Let's not forget, as GM hypes the Volt , 1000 140-range NiMH EV1 electric cars rot in the Arizona sun.

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EV1 Electric Cars Miles NiMH 100

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

liter VVT-i gasoline, permanent magnet synchronous motor, electrically controlled continuously variable transmission (E-CVT) and NiMH battery pack. miles at speeds up to 28 mph (45 km/h). The new Lexus premium compact hybrid CT 200h ( earlier post ) to be introduced next week at the Geneva Motor Show combines a 1.8-liter The CT 200h.

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Lexus NiMH Gasoline-Electric MPH 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Parameters of the design space included all-electric (AE) or blended (B) operation, and CD ranges of 10, 20 or 40 miles. They note that other requirements may make NiMH unsuitable for PHEV applications. The USABC specifies two PHEV designs to guide its battery requirements: an AE-10 crossover and AE-40 mid-sized car. CD operation.

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Davis Commercial PHEV EPRI 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2010

Another key engineering challenge for Hyundai Hybrid Blue Drive has been assuring maintenance-free battery operation over the vehicle’s life—at least 10 years, and 150,000 miles—in all weather conditions. System net power [hp]. Hybrid system. Power split. Power split. Power split. Power split. Battery type. Electric operation limit [mph].

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Nickel Metal Hydride New York Hyundai Hybrid 210

Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 4, 2007

One point of interest is that GM and Cobasys are forsaking the technology that could provide plug-in hybrids in the shortest time - the Nickel Metal Hydride battery for which Cobasys holds the patents and GM used in its 140-mile range EV1. Tags: cobasys chevron battery a123 GM plug-in hybrid saft johnson controls Lithium NiMH.

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VUE Saturn Plug-in Nickel Metal Hydride 100

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Hybrid vehicles, which require batteries that primarily provide short bursts of power for acceleration and allow the engine to be turned off when idling, have been served well by less expensive nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, and this class of vehicles will be much slower to shift to higher cost Li-ion batteries, according to the report.

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Lithium Ion 2015 Li-ion Electric Vehicles 218

Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Asked why not Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the Volt, at least to start, he says "NiMH just doesn't do it." It would take more weight to reach 40 miles, he says. What's so sacrosanct about 40 miles? Interestingly, Lutz says GM is being approached by NiMH manufacturers to use this proven battery chemistry in the Volt.

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Volt NiMH EV1 Nickel Metal Hydride 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

liter, 98 hp (73 kW) engine, 60 kW traction motor, and NiMH battery pack, the car will accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in around 10 seconds, while returning what Toyota calls class-leading combined cycle fuel economy and sub-100g/km CO 2 emissions. miles (2 km) at speeds up to 31 mph (50 km/h). Equipped with a 1.8-liter,

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Prius Concept Toyota Hybrid 239

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

mile for diesel versus $0.60/mile mile for hybrid and $0.22/mile mile for BEV trucks), Pike Research’s analysis indicates that the higher purchase cost and low cost of diesel in some markets means that the trucks are not able to recover the incremental costs for the electric drive system in their lifetime.

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2017 Nickel Metal Hydride Li-ion Sale 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Ah NiMH battery pack. The team also found no statistically significant difference in fuel cost per mile or maintenance cost per mile between the gHEV and diesel groups. As a result, there was no statistically significant difference in total operating cost per mile between the gHEV ($0.63/mile) mile) and diesel ($0.59/mile)

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Diesel 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

PEVE provides the NiMH packs for current Toyota hybrids. The report suggests that the 2012 plug-in hybrids will have an all-electric range of 20-30km (12-18 miles). The plug-ins will use Li-ion batteries produced by Toyota’s joint venture with Panasonic Corp., Panasonic EV Energy Co. million yen [about US$47,700].

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Plug-in 2012 Toyota Plug 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Ah NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) battery pack is located under the rear load area floor, near the electric motor. In the medium term, said Peugeot, NiMH remains the most suitable technology, in terms of cost and manufacture, for vehicles produced in significant volumes. Sanyo provided its expertise on the NiMH high voltage batteries.

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Concept NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride MPH 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

The NiMH battery pack is located under the rear cargo area within the wheelbase for optimized balance. In EV mode, under certain circumstances, the vehicle can be driven up to one mile using only the electric motors. (At miles) at speeds of up to 45 km/h (28 mph) in all electric mode.).

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Lexus HS 250h 2011 Hybrid 223

Plugs and Cars

JUNE 21, 2007

Of course, Toyota could do it today with larger NiMH battery packs. Of course they both already produced electric cars with over 100 mile range using the same NiMH chemistry in every hybrid , but they don't talk about that. I'd wager there is more than one plug-in Prius hidden away at Toyota's skunkworks in Japan.

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Toyota NiMH Plug-in Google 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Teams from universities, corporations and other groups from around the world will compete, driving across the Australian continent from Darwin in the north, to Adelaide in the south, over a distance of 3,021 km (1,877 miles).

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Li-ion Solar Lithium Ion MIT 150

Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2010

The 100 mile range cited by Nissan uses "a number tied to the most optimistic benchmark, the LA4 cycle." But I do know, interestingly and perhaps relevantly, that the electric car that has probably driven more miles than any other model, the Toyota RAV4 EV, does not have batteries with an active system. Neither of certain significance.

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Nissan NiMH GM Volt 124

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2010

87 miles all electric) minimizes petroleum consumption, minimum lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are achieved with a mix of low-range (~25 miles) and mid-range (40-50 miles) PHEVs. A 2009 CMU study found that when charged frequently (every 20 miles or less), using average US electricity, small capacity (i.e.,

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PHEV Design Emissions Li-ion 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

NiMH battery pack, Power Control Unit (PCU), motor Electric Control Unit (ECU), and cooling system. In the US, the Insight carries an EPA city/highway/combined fuel-economy rating of 40/43/41 miles per gallon US.

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Insight Japan Hybrid Vehicles 150

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

nk City could do the 20 – 50 mile round-trips without petroleum, using only the power from Google’s solar array. Toyota’s first Plug-in Prius to Use NiMH Toyota is postponing its Lithium Priuses and rolling out a few NiMH plug-in Priuses for testing purposes.

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The 10 kW electric motor assists in acceleration and also acts as a generator during braking or coasting to capture kinetic energy that recharges the 100V IMA NiMH battery pack. Preliminary fuel economy estimates are anticipated to result in an EPA rating of 36 city/38 highway miles per gallon on CVT-equipped models.

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Honda 2011 Hybrid Fuel Economy 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Siemens earlier this year launched a new hybrid energy storage system for streetcars that combines a double-layer capacitor (DLC) and NiMH battery pack. miles) without an overheadcontactt line (OCL). Streetcars equipped with the Sitras HES hybrid energy storage system can be driven up to 2,500 meters (1.6

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Energy Storage Nickel Metal Hydride Energy Hybrid 150

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2008

There's good news in Jim Motavalli's Greentech report in the NY Times about NiMH batteries in hybrids. Yellow Cab in Vancouver has about 100 hybrids, some having racked up as many as 300,000 miles. The batteries have gotten cheaper, and they have proven robust and long-lived.

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Hybrid NiMH Batteries Battery 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

kWh Li-ion pack enabling an electric range of up to 15 miles (24 km) at speeds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h), according to Toyota. With seating for five, the 2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid is expected to achieve a manufacturer-estimated 87 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) in combined driving and 49 mpg in hybrid mode, or 2.7

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Prius Plug-in 2012 Plug 244

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Its range in purely electric mode is approximately one mile, with electric-only acceleration possible up to just over 50 mph (85 km/h). The electric motor is connected to a nickel metal hydride (NiMh) battery that stores electric energy recovered from braking and other driving situations.

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Porsche Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Cayenne 199

Electric Auto Association

JUNE 22, 2021

The three US electric vehicles (EVs) were the iconic GM EV1 , Chrysler TEVan , and the nearly forgotten Ford RangerEV , Ford used lead-acid batteries with the expected driving range of nearly 65 miles on warm, windless summer days. Optional were Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries, the same as those used in Toyota’s RAV4EV and Honda’s EV+.

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F-150 Nickel Metal Hydride RAV4EV NiMH 85

Plugs and Cars

APRIL 22, 2007

With NiMH batteries - those that provide energy to every hybrid on the road and thousands of all-electric cars - the Volt plug-in hybrid could go into production today. Instead, GM says the batteries must be Lithium and must take the car 40 miles before the engine comes on.

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Volt NiMH GM Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

The new Fusion Hybrid features all-new lithium-ion batteries that save weight and generate more power than previous NiMH batteries, while raising maximum speed under electric-only power from 47 mph to 62 mph (from 76 to 100 km/h). Fusion Hybrid also features an all-new 2.0-liter liter unit while maintaining performance standards.

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Fusion Plug-in Hybrid Ford 236

Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 22, 2007

In a presentation, Asakura said the prototypes can operate on electric power for a range of about 7 miles." I hope someone tells Mr Asakura about the NiMH batteries Toyota used in the RAV4 EV. Actually achieved over 15 times greater range back in 1997. Toyota • Moving Backward? Well, let's just say catching up with itself.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Plug-in Toyota Plug 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

Toyota has been testing an earlier plug-in prototype featuring a large NiMH pack rather than the proposed Li-ion pack, with an electric range of approximately 13 km (8 miles) under the Japan 10-15 cycle ( Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Japan Prius Toyota 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

volt NiMH battery pack, and a pair of electric motor/generators within the transaxle. EV mode can be engaged, provided other conditions are correct, for up to one mile (1.6 The new Avalon hybrid features a full power-split hybrid system, coupled with reductions in vehicle weight and improvements in aerodynamics.

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MPG 2013 EPA Hybrid 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The bus uses a NiMH drive battery. The interior features a full range of equipment, and the car can achieve a cruising range of approximately 1,000 km (621 miles) on the JC08 test cycle. Hydrogen refueling time is about three minutes.

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Concept Toyota Motor Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

During an international press event in Germany, in which more than 42 test drives were conducted with journalists in the Panamera S E-Hybrid ( earlier post ) covering a total distance of more than 1,200 kilometers (746 miles), the new plug-in hybrid model consumed 4.4 miles) city driving, 9.2 l/100 km (53.4 l/100 km (84 mpg US).

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Porsche MPG Hybrid PHEV 273