Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2011
They compiled a transparent life cycle inventory (LCI) in a component-wise manner for nickel metal hydride (NiMH), nickel cobalt manganese lithium-ion (NCM), and iron phosphate lithium-ion (LFP) batteries. A paper on the study appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Majeau-Bettez et al.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2009
Waste material from the construction of the 2010 Prius generator—most likely center cuttings from production of the generator’s stamped steel stator plates—is reused in the construction of the electric motor that drives the vehicle’s air conditioning compressor.). by Mike Millikin and Jack Rosebro. The 2010 Prius. Click to enlarge.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ]. Lithium-Ion batteries share many characteristics with NiMH. Please see our Plug-In Hybrids page Wheres the payback?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Matt Gentry, Aransas Pass , Tx, United States Instead of wasting time and money on an obvious SPIN Idea the government should put money into R&D.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
By 2002, BYD had become one of the top four manufacturers worldwide - and the largest Chinese manufacturer - in each of the three rechargeable battery technologies (Li-Ion, NiCad, and NiMH), according to a Harvard Business School case study of the company. Intraday data is at least 20-minutes delayed. All times are ET.
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