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Early next year, when Honda launches its new dedicated
hybrid vehicle, it will use a NiMH battery pack.
"In terms of reliability and durability, I must
say there still remain some concerns [re:
lithium]," Honda President Takeo Fukui said
according to AutoWeek..
"I don't think they are necessarily best suited
for mass-produced vehicles." Nonetheless, Fukui
also stated that lithium could replace NiMH if the
technology matured enough for Honda.
Honda is hoping to sell as many as 200,000 hybrid
vehicles by next year, and by 2012, Honda intends
for hybrids to make up 10 percent of sales by 2012.
Labels: Hybrid Vehicles
