Nissan's lithium move points to 2010 hybrid wars?
Lithium-powered in 2009?On Friday Nissan and NEC Group announced that they had finalized a partnership to produce lithium-ion batteries starting in 2009.
According to CNN, Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara told a news conference, "the technology behind the partners' latest lithium-ion battery, which has twice the power of conventional batteries at half the size, was ready, and preparations were now underway for mass production and commercialisation."
While Nissan has been bearish regarding hybrid cars - only recently offering the Altima hybrid and only in a handful of states - Nissan's leader, Carlos Ghosn, has repeatedly reminded reporters that he is not opposed to hybrids. Instead, Ghosn believes.......
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On Friday Nissan and NEC Group announced that they had finalized a partnership to produce lithium-ion batteries starting in 2009.
According to CNN, Nissan Senior Vice President Minoru Shinohara told a news conference, "the technology behind the partners' latest lithium-ion battery, which has twice the power of conventional batteries at half the size, was ready, and preparations were now underway for mass production and commercialisation."
While Nissan has been bearish regarding hybrid cars - only recently offering the Altima hybrid and only in a handful of states - Nissan's leader, Carlos Ghosn, has repeatedly reminded reporters that he is not opposed to hybrids. Instead, Ghosn believes the technology for cost-effective hybrids is not yet ready.
Lithium batteries, it appears, will be the difference maker and this next generation of hybrid batteries should make the competition in the hybrid segment quite interesting. Also, in 2009 Toyota has announced that the third generation Prius and all Toyota hybrids will utilize lithium-ion batteries - another nail in the NiMH battery coffin.
Back in December, before Toyota made official the use of lithium in the next generation Prius and months before Nissan's announcement, I predicted that 2010 would "be the end of the hybrid vehicle hoax" - precisely because of lithium.
My forecast is now shaping up perfectly.
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Li-Ions do get really hot although they are great in terms of power and size ratio. But i guess nissan and NEC will be working on this small problem.
I'll be glad if nissan will be working on nissan frontier parts too.
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