Carmakers working on replacing the nickel-hydride batteries
Global automakers are working on replacing the nickel-hydride batteries used in gasoline-electric hybrid cars lithium-ion batteries.
Hybrid cars are still mushrooming in the Europe markets where cheaper diesel engines are the option. But the future of hybridization doesn’t look meek with the new limits on CO2 emissions proposed in Europe which will take effect by 2012. Sanyo’s Tokushima factory in western Japan will produce the lithium-ion batteries which will be setup soon.
In the near future Sanyo aims at setting up a production plant in Europe with increase in demand. The group aims at producing 10 million cells a month by 2015 which is said to power over 1.7 to 1.8 million cars. They are even aiming at offering the world with rechargeable plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Most leading automakers are striving to mass-produce lithium-ion batteries. Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. has joined hands with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, while Nissan Motor Co partners NEC Corp for producing the ion-batteries. Mitsubishi Motors Corp has tied up with GS Yuasa Corp for the same.
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