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Toyota's Bid for a Better Battery
Toyota CEO confirms that Toyota will be able to develop new lithium-ion batteries on time for its third-generation hybrids, due out in late 2008 or early 2009.
Li-ion battery is lighter and more powerful than the current nickel metal hydride packs.
Toyota is aiming at reducing, both size and cost of the third-generation hybrid system, by half!

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huu76huu76 - 3/18/2007 5:17:32 PM
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Hybrid anything that sells over 100K units. Hybrid Yaris could approach 100mpg EPA, thereby netting around 75mpg real world.

IS300h please.

But yeah, hybrids w/o the hybrid premium.

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TheSailorTheSailor - 3/18/2007 6:06:58 PMView My AgentSpace
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Hmm... Sounds interesting... This could really do wonders for the hybrid market!

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sewingmachinesewingmachine - 3/18/2007 7:00:51 PM
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i wonder how the next gen will be, esp with the li-ion batteries. should be nice.

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flozel1flozel1 - 3/18/2007 7:01:38 PM
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Finally Toyota has the answer to MB/BMW's duracell batteries.

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flozel1flozel1 - 3/18/2007 7:05:48 PM
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Oh I forgot, in addition to duracell, they have another weapon - "heritage".

LOL!!!


Will_Will_ - 3/18/2007 7:06:39 PM
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Cars powered by cell phone batteries. Go figure!

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TheSailorTheSailor - 3/18/2007 7:40:53 PMView My AgentSpace
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Hmm... Will it plug into my Nokia charger then? That is the real problem with those things! They keep changing the connections!


Matthew1Matthew1 - 3/18/2007 8:55:31 PM
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Toyota developed batteries? Or Sanyo?

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Will_Will_ - 3/18/2007 10:18:52 PM
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UMmm...Toyota.

From the previous article, it's the Germans who plan on buying their hybrid batteries from other Japanese companies.


Matthew1Matthew1 - 3/19/2007 12:52:50 AM
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I thought (from a previous article) that Toyota sourced their batteries from Sanyo.


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 3/18/2007 9:45:09 PMView My AgentSpace
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Once gas prices go over $5.00/gallon, I'll have to buy a diesel or hybrid.

Out of today's lineup (worldwide) of hybrids and diesels, I'd pick a GS450h as my hybrid or an A8L 4.2TDI as my diesel.

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MBKingMBKing - 3/18/2007 10:05:21 PM
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S4...I'm scared for that day of $5.00/gal, lets pray that it's still years away


AMGC55AMGC55 - 3/19/2007 3:40:49 AM
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why dont they just use duracell... duh the worlds most trusted battery....

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nvmenvme - 3/19/2007 4:36:59 AM
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MBKing the day ( 5D/gallon ) is not so far away, and is being brought closer still by the Bush administration ( no Kyoto, no restraint on petrol dependance...) but find petrol and fight for it!
fear for the day when there will no longer be any petrol left, which at best is some 50 years away

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nvmenvme - 3/19/2007 4:39:08 AM
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i think, at the risk of saying what many are thinking, that toyota, and the japanese are to be commanded for their efforts in this domain boyish warfare notwithstanding


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huu76huu76 - 3/19/2007 6:56:06 PM
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nvme,
You should probably know your facts before you start with the blatant (yet always fashionable) anti-US bashing.

Europe and Japan need middle Eastern oil. North America has Canada, and to a lesser extent Venezuela (funny how they don't have any problems selling their low grade oil to America).

If the US didn't protect "your" oil, you would've been subservient to the Russians already (you forget Ukraine and its problem with natural gas?)

80% of oil production in the M.E. is under US control. Europe should consider itself lucky that is isn't China there instead, but gratitude isn't really something I expect Europe to ever export much of.

When gas is $5 a gallon, diesel will be $7 and hybrids will be paying themselves off within a year.

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