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Peugeot to use Sanyo NiMH batteries in upcoming diesel hybrid

Earlier this year, Peugeot announced that it would introduce its first production vehicle based on the new 3008 crossover in 2011. Peugeot will likely be the first automaker to introduce a light duty diesel hybrid using PSA's Hybrid4 through-the-road architecture. For this first application, Peugeot will stick with nickel metal hydride batteries and, if a report out of Japan is accurate, PSA will be sourcing its batteries from Sanyo, the same company that supplies batteries to Ford and Honda for their hybrid models. In addition to the ... Read more →

Sanyo to crank up hybrid battery production capacity by 75% Sam Abuelsamid

Sanyo is one of the biggest suppliers of nickel metal hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles, along with Panasonic EV energy. Currently, Sanyo's primary customers are Honda and Ford, but the company ...

World demand for battery materials will hit $22.8 billion by 2012 Jeremy Korzeniewski

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of AutoblogGreen that there are a ton of hybrid and electric vehicles scheduled to show up on the market over the next few years. All of these ...

What are some advanced battery basics for beginners? Domenick Yoney

Electric cars have been with us since the very beginning of the automobile age and from that time until now, its most important component has been the battery. It stores energy chemically until it ...

Mercedes still planning to launch ML450 hybrid in 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

Following the report earlier this week about Mercedes-Benz filing a lawsuit against Cobasys regarding its battery contract for the upcoming ML450 Two-Mode hybrid we contact Mercedes for a comment. ...

Chevron drains battery planned for Mercedes ML 450 hybrid, Mercedes sues 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Chevron_subsidiary_cancels_contract_for_hybrid_batteries'; Plans for Mercedes to release the ML 450 hybrid in 2009 may very well be canceled. The maker of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries that was to provide the energy storage component for ...

Audi Q7 hybrid in hold, Q5 coming with lithium battery 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Audi's first mass-production hybrid model was to have been the Q7 SUV beginning in early 2009. As Audi officials told ABG back in April, that program has been effectively canceled. Audi had been working on the development with VW and Porsche, whose Touareg and Cayenne share their platforms with the ...

Honda President still prefers nickel batteries for hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While many other car-makers (with the notable exception of Toyota) are jumping on the lithium ion bandwagon for new hybrid models, Honda will stick with nickel metal hydride for now. Honda President Takeo Fukui told Automotive News that lithium ion batteries are not yet reliable or durable enough ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #9 - Ford's hybrids and hydrogen 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This week, Sam brings back two interviews - one with Ford's Scott Staley about what's going on in Hybrid land, which is then balanced by a conversation with John Lapetz that pulls back the curtain on the hydrogen research that's been going on in Dearborn. Also touched on are the Chevy Volt and the ...

Toyota delaying next Prius launch by at least six months 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the Toyota Hybrid-X concept For some time now the third generation Toyota Prius was expected to debut in the fall of 2008 carrying a lithium ion battery pack and and very possibly plug-in capability. In the past week it has been reported that neither the ...

ECD Ovonics licenses NiMH battery tech to G4 Synergetics 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

ECD Ovonics, a pioneer in nickel metal hydride battery technology has agreed to license some of their patents to G4 Synergetics. G4 will pay royalties to Ovonics in order to build NiMH batteries consumer applications and potentially also Chinese scooter and bicycle applications. They won't be ...

Cobasys supplies the battery pack for the Lotus EVE hybrid demonstrator 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Lotus EVE demonstrator Just before the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus unveiled a new hybrid technology demonstration vehicle called EVE (efficient, viable and environmental), based on a Proton Gen2. The battery pack for EVE was supplied by nickel ...

Touring the General Motors advanced hybrid battery test lab 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Hybrid_car_batteries_need_a_lot_of_testing_Here_s_how_GM_does_it'; As part of the recent battery technology briefing at the General Motors Technical Center, the attendees were taken on a tour of the hybrid battery test lab. Our group was taken through by lab ...

Lithium-ion or lithium polymer? What's the deal with lithium? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Lithium-ion batteries have been in use for some time in our personal electronics devices, most notably in laptop computers. The switch was made to lithium-ion from NiMh, or nickel metal hydride batteries because they are lighter, cheaper, and smaller than other kinds of batteries. They don't suffer ...


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