Larger Toyota Prius Variant in the Pipeline

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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 3:19 p.m.
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A new, larger Toyota Prius model, possibly a crossover powered by lithium-ion batteries, will go on sale in Japan in late 2010 ...

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Toyota reconsiders switching to Lithium Ion Batteries for its Hybrids

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Published Sept. 22, 2009 at 2:09 p.m.

Toyota, a leader in the development of the electric hybrid vehicle, hasbeen using nickel metal hydride batteries in its cars. Yet, it justcompleted tests in which 126 Priuses were equipped with Lithium ionbatteries to ...

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Toyota says new electric car battery could offer 10x the capacity

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Published Aug. 18, 2009 at 1:50 p.m.

Toyota may not be at the forefront of electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle technology, but the Japanese automaker announced on Tuesday that it has developed a new technology that will greatly improve the storage capacity of its next-generation lithium-ion batteries.Although Toyota is keeping mum on the technical details, the improvement stems from the production of [ ... ] ...

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Preview: 2011 BMW ActiveHybrid 7

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 6:45 a.m.
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on the heels of the ActiveHybrid X6 revealed yesterday, BMW has announced the production version of the all-new ActiveHybrid 7 sedan, which will also premiere at next month's Frankfurt Auto Show ... Combining twin-turbocharging and direct-injection technologies with a 3-phase synchronous electric motor powered by lithium-ion batteries, ...

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Magna Steyr developing Batteries for future Electric Cars

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 9:08 p.m.

Magna Steyr, a Europe-based unit of Canadian parts manufacturer MagnaInternational, will be supplying Volvo with lithium-ion-phosphatebattery packs ...

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Buick's Second New Crossover Aveo-Sized?

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Published Aug. 6, 2009 at 12:30 a.m.
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This morning's announcement from GM on a future Buick plug-in hybrid confirmed the presence of a second crossover vehicle--and according to one industry source, it's not just a standard gas-engined version of the upcoming hybrid SUV.Automotive News reports that the second Buick crossover will in fact be a version of a vehicle being spun from the next-generation Chevrolet Aveo.The Aveo replacement itself is said to be in the GM product queue as the 2012 Chevrolet Viva; though GM hasn't said it

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Long-Term Test: 2009 Mini E

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Published July 20, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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electric car is coming, so we join BMW's field test with the 2009 Mini E, a battery-powered electric car with lithium-ion batteries and a cruising range of 100 miles ...

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Hyundai launches first hybrid vehicle

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Published July 8, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

Finally joining the hybrid party, Hyundai launched its first hybrid vehicle today in its domestic market of South Korea ... Dubbed the Elantra LPI, Hyundai’s first hybrid uses liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and a set of lithium-ion polymer batteries.The timing of Hyundai’s hybrid launch coincides with new hybrids from Honda – the Insight – and [ ... ] ...

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Report: Toyota plans to mass produce plug-in hybrids by 2012

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Published July 6, 2009 at 8:09 a.m.
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Toyota has already confirmed it will release a plug-in hybrid vehicle powered by next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the U.S. and Europe sometime next year but production of these will be limited and only commercial and government fleets are expected to receive the cars. Mass production of Toyota’s plug-in hybrid isn’t expected to kick in until 2012, according to latest reports.Japan’s Nikkei business daily is reporting that Toyota will build roughly 20,000 to 30,000 plug-in

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Nissan to build battery plant in Tennessee

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Published June 24, 2009 at 8:24 a.m.

After receiving $1.6 billion in federal loans aimed at creating or retooling factories for green car production, Nissan has confirmed that it will use its chunk of the government’s loan to build a lithium ion battery plant near its Smyrna, Tennessee, factory. Nissan will also retool part of its truck assembly plant to build four-door [ ... ] ...

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