Hybrid vehicle battery wars?
Not your father's batteryMany call hybrid cars an interim technology to the hydrogen economy, to fuel cell vehicles or to pure electric vehicles. Much like Toyota, I believe the hybrid powertrain is the future, not some temporary technology.
For starters, hybrids make hydrogen powered vehicles more efficient. Hybrids could integrate smaller, therefore cheaper, fuel cells into automobiles - making fuel cell vehicles much more cost-effective. Hybrids can also extend the range of electric vehicles, while also providing a plethora of fuel options to electric vehicles when electric power is either unavailable or more expensive than an alternative fuel.
Nonetheless, whether hybrids are just an interim technology or not, the key to the hybrid future, as well as the key to these other alternative vehicles, is significantly influenced by battery development, particularly lithium-ion batteries. Thus, the flurry of news regarding.... (Finish hybrid vehicle battery wars)
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Many call hybrid cars an interim technology to the hydrogen economy, to fuel cell vehicles or to pure electric vehicles. Much like Toyota, I believe the hybrid powertrain is the future, not some temporary technology.
For starters, hybrids make hydrogen powered vehicles more efficient. Hybrids could integrate smaller, therefore cheaper, fuel cells into automobiles - making fuel cell vehicles much more cost-effective. Hybrids can also extend the range of electric vehicles, while also providing a plethora of fuel options to electric vehicles when electric power is either unavailable or more expensive than an alternative fuel.
Nonetheless, whether hybrids are just an interim technology or not, the key to the hybrid future, as well as the key to these other alternative vehicles, is significantly influenced by battery development, particularly lithium-ion batteries. Thus, the flurry of news regarding lithium developments in the last few weeks is quite interesting.
Last week Toyota announced that their lithium-ion batteries were ready to power the third generation Prius and the rest of Toyota's hybrids. Earlier this week LTC announced a major breakthrough in their lithium technology. Nissan has built a new technology center to perfect their lithium production. And today, A123Systems introduced its 32-series cells lithium technology designed specifically for hybrids and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
The hybrid vehicle battery wars are heating up, and this competition isn't just going to push these next generation batteries to market sooner, this competition will also make these batteries cheaper. That means better hybrid vehicles and cheaper hybrid vehicles.
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