Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Toyota Hybrid System uses a high-voltage battery pack, ranging between 276 and 288 V. There has been a continuous, gradual improvement in the specific capacity of the traction battery. The original Prius used shrink-wrapped 1.2 volt D cells, and all subsequent THS/HSD vehicles have used custom 7.2 V battery modules mounted in a carrier.
In 2009, Toyota tested lithium batteries as a potential replacement for the nickel metal hydride batteries used in its Prius model gasoline-electric hybrid. The company said that it would continue to use NiMH batteries in the Prius, but would introduce an all-electric vehicle based on lithium technology.
The battery packs are produced by GS Yuasa, the same company that supplies the batteries for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, whose entire fleet was grounded in January 2013 for battery problems. The lithium-ion battery of an i-MiEV caught fire at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant on March 18 while connected to a charge-discharge test equipment.
The Toyota Prius (/ ... (HV) battery pack, also known as the traction battery, and a 12-volt battery known as the low voltage (LV) battery.
The Toyota Prius c was released in the U.S. in March 2012, and was launched in Japan as Toyota Aqua in December 2011. The Toyota Prius v, launched in the U.S. in October 2011, is the first spinoff from the Prius family. Sales in Japan began in May 2011 as the Prius Alpha. The European version, named Prius +, was launched in June 2012. [103]
On the same day Toyota Motor (TM) officials sought to debunk the theory that its cars' electronics were the source of their sudden unintended acceleration problems, the driver of a Toyota Prius ...
Toyota launched the Prius c in the Philippines in January 2012, with the introductory pricing of ₱1,475,000 (US$34,250). [12] Singapore. The Prius c was launched in Singapore in January 2012, costing about S$115,988 (~ US$93,257) for the base trim and about S$118,988 (~ US$95,670) for the Snazzy trim with a COE of S$64,209 (~ US$51,625) as of ...
The Volt gets 38 miles of all-electric range, the Prius Prime is rated for 39 (44 with smaller wheels). How did we go so damn long with only minimal improvements on the original PHEV formula?