Toyota Said to Achieve 10-Fold Lithium-ion Battery Breakthrough

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  1. Tideland Prius

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    Toyota may be slow to actually adopt lithium-ion batteries into its cars, but it appears the company may be ahead of the pack when it come to basic scientific development.

    A report out of the Nikkei in Japan states that Toyota achieved the ability to fabricate single crystals of cobalt-oxide for use in lithium ion cells.


    Toyota Said to Achieve 10-Fold Lithium-ion Battery Breakthrough - AllCarsElectric.com
     
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    Great, maybe in 10 years I'll be ready to buy the 2020 Prius w/ the 600 mile range of their brand new Li ion batt!
     
    #2 DrJon, Aug 20, 2009
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    I wouldn't say that Toyota "Achieved" the progress:
     
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  4. Tideland Prius

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    Neither would I. The title is misleading, I agree.
     
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    And right now, no one knows if that's even physically possible.
     
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    Now if they could get Moore's law to be applicable to batteries, then within a few years the battery for a hybrid automobile will be the size of a computer mouse.

    Wishful thinking.....

    Keith
     
    #7 Tech_Guy, Aug 21, 2009
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