Toyota:
Lithium hybrid vehicles coming in 2010
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Ready for
fleet sales in 2010
Toyota will start producing
lithium-ion battery packs next year, achieving full scale
production by 2010, according to Reuters.
In that year, Toyota will begin selling plug-in
hybrid vehicles, at least for fleet customers.
Nonetheless, Toyota will continue to use NiMH batteries in
its hybrid cars,
even as lithium is developed.
"We plan to use both nickel-metal hydride and
lithium-ion batteries, choosing the appropriate option
depending on the vehicle," President Katsuaki
Watanabe told a news conference to outline Toyota's
environmental activities.
Additionally, Toyota also claimed that it is already
working on a battery better than lithium.
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