Toyota looking to solve battery range issue for electric cars
A longer battery life and an extended driving range on a full charge are key factors in making electric vehicles (EVs) a practical and attractive proposition for motorists looking to switch to cleaner, alternative fuels.Toyota has produced a world-first technique that can help in the research and development of future lithium-ion batteries that better meet these requirements.It has produced a technical method for observing how lithium ions behave in an electrolyte in a lithium-ion battery both when the battery is being charged and discharging power.
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Toyota says new technology means longer battery life
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a new way of observing the movements of tiny particles in batteries used to power electric vehicles — an advance it says will help boost their cruise range by 10 percent to 15 percent.Toyota engineer Hisao Yamashige explained to reporters Thursday at the Japanese automaker's Tokyo office the complex method for tracking the lithium ions, which are tiny particles in lithium-ion batteries, also used in laptops and smartphones.The ions' movements, which are extremely hard to detect, are critical in determining the efficiency and power of a battery.
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Toyota works to develop advanced electric-car battery - Emirates 24
Toyota Motor Corp said it aims to develop a more advanced electric-car battery "in a few years" that will allow the Japanese automaker to build vehicles with up to 15 percent greater range and battery life than they have currently."Lithium-ion battery is a key technology for electrifying cars, and there is a clear need, going forward, for improving this technology and its performance even more," Hisao Yamashige, a battery technology researcher at Toyota, told a media briefing in Tokyo on Thursday.Improving the performance of lithium-ion battery technology is a pressing issue for traditional automakers such as Toyota and new entrants such as Tesla Motors Inc because of its limiting characteristics.
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Toyota claims it achieved an electric car battery 'breakthrough', says 'up to 15 percent greater range'
Toyota announced today what it referred to as a "breakthrough" in battery research and development that will "lead to longer battery life and longer driving range for vehicles using lithium-ion batteries", according to a press release sent out by the Japanese automaker.The company claims it will enable "up to 15 percent greater range" for battery-powered electric vehicles.Considering li-ion batteries have been improving incrementally by 5 to 8 percent every year for roughly the past 2 decades, it's not the most exciting announcement ever.
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