Jul 4, 2019 - 02:27 pm

Toyota testing hybrid Prius fitted with solar cells

Toyota has announced plans to test concept vehicles based on the Prius plug-in hybrid with integrated solar panels together with the research and development organization NEDO and the battery manufacturer Sharp starting at the end of this month.

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Jun 18, 2018 - 03:40 pm

Japan’s industry join forces to beat China to solid-state batteries

Japan’s mayor carmakers, Toyota, Nissan and Honda are joining forces to work on solid-state batteries for electric cars. Also Panasonic is part of the consortium consisting of 23 firms in total. They aim to commercialise solid-state batteries in the early 2020ies.

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