Danish engineers ready li-ion Zap Xebra with 152-mile range http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/danish-en... The Zap Xebra is the minute electric medium that can. It’s not the most puissant or safety-tested medium up the road, but it does present zero-emission carriage and carrying capacity and is serviceable today. For electric car scientists at Lithium equipoise in Copenhagen, the popular-model Xebras with guide acid batteries were lacking and thus they teamed up with Zap to develop lithium-ion battery Xebras that can go 152 miles by charge.
Panasonic starts feasability studies for manufacturing LiIon cells http://auto-news-blog.com/in-the-news/panasonic... We’ve all heard about the reports that Toyota has delayed plans to incorporate lithium ion batteries into their mule vehicles due to safeness concerns. Toyota has a battery union hazard with Panasonic that produces the nickel metal hydride batteries used in general Toyota hybrids. Panasonic has reportedly been operating on lithium cobalt oxide chemistries like those used in consumer electronics batteries. It’s not bright yet what direction Panasonic has determined to accept with lithium batteries, but they are evidently influencing onward.
