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Lithium-ion vs. nickel-metal hydride: Toyota still likes both for its hybrids

Green Car Reports

Toyota continues to stay the course with nickel-metal hydride battery cells for many of its hybrid vehicles, even though most other hybrid vehicles from other brands have moved on to using lithium-ion cells exclusively.

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Lexus prices new three-row RX 450hL hybrid starting at $50,620

Green Car Congress

Lexus is pricing the new 2018 RX 450hL three-row hybrid SUV—announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2017—with a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $50,620—$1,550 more than its gasoline-engined RX 350L AWD three-rowed sibling. The RX 450hL is set to go on sale at dealers in April.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

But things changed for Cox when GM came out with a new version of the EV1 with a non-toxic nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery with more than twice the energy of the original lead acid battery. This included an April, 2018 appearance as ‘Starman’ at a Yuri’s Night event at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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News: 2023 Toyota Prius Hybrid and Prius Prime PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Toyota pulled the sheet off the 2023 Prius before the media in Los Angeles on November 16. liter gasoline engine with a lithium-ion battery that replaces the nickel-metal hydride battery from the previous generations. Until then, this is what we know so far. Both are mated to a 2.0-liter

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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

Green Car Congress

University of California Los Angeles. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will develop a new acid-based, high-power, long-life battery that addresses the cycle life issues plaguing lead-acid batteries today. Long-Life, Acid-Based Battery. Rare-Earth Free NiMH Alloy for EV Batteries. 4,000,000.

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

Green Car Congress

Toyota also previewed the vehicle this weekend in Los Angeles via its “Prius Connection” program for select early adopters and enthusiast forum participants, attracting potential buyers from across the US and Canada. Nominal pack voltage of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery remains at 201.6 Battery pack.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. If Los Angeles County were a nation, its economy would be the 18th largest in the world.

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