TOKYO — In a world where lithium ion power packs are the norm and buzz is building around solid-state batteries, old nickel-metal hydride batteries seem like yesterday's news. After all, Toyota has ...

Honda Motor has agreed with TDK Corporation and Japan Metals & Chemicals (JMC) additional joint project to reuse “rare earth metal” extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrid ...

China’s State Bureau of Quality Technical Supervision announced that its recent test of mobile phone batteries found all lithium ion products on the market to be of standard quality. Only 68.8% of the ...

Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. and Primearth EV Energy Co. Ltd. (PEVE) have jointly announced the launch of what the four companies claim is ...

Toyota already sold a pure EV. It was the RAV4 EV. In its first generation, it used nickel-metal hydride batteries and a heat pump. The second one had a Tesla battery pack. It seemed that the company ...

With so many different electric vehicle brands and models on the market, sometimes it helps to know more about the tech in different models. This article is for those wishing to learn every type of ...

TOKYO — To critics who believe Toyota has been dragging its feet on electric vehicles, the Japanese giant's new plan to plow nearly $14 billion into battery output offers a clear sign of its ...

Automotive battery packs are improving at a rapid rate with new cell chemistry promising to make them more efficient and safer. However, Toyota continues to use the same basic cell technology that it ...

Sweden-based Nilar International AB filed for insolvency on Dec. 1 and has appointed Lars Nylund, an attorney for Advokatfirman Fylgia, as trustee in the bankruptcy. “The trustee is continuing the ...