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Posted by NeoPhyte_Rep on August 15, 2006, 11:01 am
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AnotherPriusSucker@BornEveryMinute.net wrote:
> So Toyota is going to use Lithium Ion Batteries in future Prius.
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> http://www.motoring.co.za/?fArticleId=3345956&fSectionId=751&fSetId=381
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> "The system replaces the existing Prius battery with an advanced
> lithium ion battery and can be charged at home using a standard
> domestic power socket."
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This story is about a third party, EDrive
www.edrivesystems.com
developing a modification of the Prius, not Toyota.
Toyota is monitoring various efforts to design a vehicle that would
charge from the electrical grid in addition to on board charging, but
does not have a published proposal.
> One of the byproducts of doing the AC to DC conversion and charging
> batteries is heat, and a lot of heat is dissipated and these systems
> are getting smaller and smaller and smaller,” Del Prete said. “The
> heat has to go somewhere.”
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http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=17960&hed=Dell%3A+Laptop+Batteries+Recall§or=Industries&subsector=Computing
This story notes that part of the problem is the size of the device.
Small devices do not have a large ability to dissipate heat. An
automobile is not a small device.
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