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