{"id":12488,"date":"2010-02-24T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T23:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pluginamerica.eh\/revenge-of-the-nimh-batteries\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:59:22","slug":"revenge-nimh-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluginamerica.org\/revenge-nimh-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge of the NiMH Batteries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a0120a635cd9d970c0120a8ce815b970b  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pluginamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/6a0120a635cd9d970c0120a8ce815b970b-320wi.jpg\" alt=\"NiMH battery\" \/>Nearly all the talk about batteries for electric cars has focused on lithium-ion batteries in recent years, but the battery champions of the last generation of electric vehicles &#8212; nickel-metal hydride batteries (NiMH) &#8212; may be poised for a bit of a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the suggestion in Paul Weissler&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sae.org\/mags\/AEI\/7552\">excellent article<\/a> in Automotive Engineering International Online, published by SAE International (formerly Society of Automotive Engineers). He gives the simplest, clearest description that I&#8217;ve seen in a long time about how NiMH patent issues (with half control owned by Chevron) helped choke the last generation of electric vehicles to death.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised to read that Chevron sold its share of control last year to a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung. Weissler writes, &#8220;Under the new ownership, there might be more access to and use of large-cell NiMH technology.&#8221; So it&#8217;s conceivable that at some point consumers may have choices not only in the type of plug-in vehicle but in the type of batteries under the hood.<\/p>\n<p>I want to believe what&#8217;s in the article, but I have to point out at least one significant error. The article says that a Toyota spokesman reports that many of the remaining 800 Toyota RAV4-EVs have driven 170,000 miles with few or no battery problems. Either the Toyota person didn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s talking about, or some other kind of error occurred, I think. As a RAV4-EV driver who&#8217;s on a listserv of other drivers, I know of no one who has reached 170,000 miles with no battery problems. (We do still love our RAV4-EVs, though!) If any engineering or battery experts are reading this and spot any other flaws in the article, please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect NiMH to replace lithium-ion or newer batteries in vehicles, but if NiMH makes a comeback in some electric vehicles, it could parallel the title of film director Chris Paine&#8217;s sequel <a href=\"http:\/\/revengeoftheelectriccar.com\/\">&#8220;Revenge of the Electric Car&#8221;<\/a> and become Revenge of the NiMH Batteries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Sherry Boschert (@sherryboschert on Twitter)<\/p>\n<p>Photo of Panasonic EV-95 NiMH battery, the kind used in Toyota RAV4-EVs, courtesy of evnut.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all the talk about batteries for electric cars has focused on lithium-ion batteries in recent years, but the battery champions of the last generation of electric vehicles &#8212; nickel-metal hydride batteries (NiMH) &#8212; may be poised for a bit of a comeback. 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