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REPORT: Toyota secretly tested lithium-ion Priuses for three years

Details are scarce, but it turns out that Toyota has been testing Priuses with lithium-ion batteries in them for years. Not many vehicles were involved – Bloomberg says only 126 such Priuses were on the roads in U.S., Japan and Europe – but the tests began in 2006. Toyota spokeswoman Jana Hartline confirmed that the tests ended last month. A Toyota battery engineer said that the li-ion packs gave fuel economy a small boost, but that, unsurprisingly, the company still prefers NiMH packs in the production models. Either way, ... Read more →

Next-Gen Prius to get lithium ion battery and 113 mpg Sam Abuelsamid

AutoExpress magazine in the UK has a report in this week's issue about the next generation Toyota Prius. They are reporting that the new Prius will be switching from nickel metal hydride batteries to ...

REPORT: Toyota secretly tested lithium-ion Priuses for three years 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Details are scarce, but it turns out that Toyota has been testing Priuses with lithium-ion batteries in them for years. Not many vehicles were involved – Bloomberg says only 126 such Priuses were on the roads in U.S., Japan and Europe – but the tests began in 2006. Toyota spokeswoman ...

Next-Gen Prius to get lithium ion battery and 113 mpg 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoExpress magazine in the UK has a report in this week's issue about the next generation Toyota Prius. They are reporting that the new Prius will be switching from nickel metal hydride batteries to lithium ion batteries that have greater capacity in an even smaller size. With the smaller package, ...


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