| Hybrid vehicles are now either being developed or | | | | used to power the vehicle has a capacity of 250 kWh |
| already in the lineup of several car manufacturers. This | | | | and can power the car to a range of approximately |
| revolution is brought to American shores by Japanese | | | | 180-200 kilometers depending on driving conditions. The |
| car manufacturers like Toyota and Honda. The Toyota | | | | car can reach speeds of up to 100 kilometer per hour. |
| Prius has become a favorite for the American buyers | | | | The performance of the converted electric car is at |
| who are concerned with the conservation of the | | | | par to that of the previously announced Chevrolet Volt |
| environment as well as the ever increasing prices of | | | | from General Motors that will be produced and sold to |
| gasoline. | | | | the public by 2010. |
| The success of Japanese car manufacturers has | | | | The availability of such technology is a great boost to |
| challenged different car manufacturers to develop their | | | | the efforts of car manufacturers to produce cars that |
| own hybrid-electric vehicles - or in the case of Volvo, | | | | will be less dependent on fossil fuels. The only problem |
| a vehicle that runs on an alternative fuel. Different | | | | being encountered is the cost of production of such |
| designs and concepts have surfaced in the race to | | | | batteries and the convenience for the drivers |
| produce energy efficient vehicles. These include plug-in | | | | especially the concern about recharging the battery. |
| hybrid-electric vehicles, and electric vehicles. | | | | But with collaborations on the part of Lithium |
| The past two years has seen the development of | | | | Technology Corporation and the car industry could |
| vehicles that not only depends on its engine for power | | | | mean a development of ways to bring down the cost |
| but also on electric motors. What an electric motor | | | | of production of such components. Partnerships |
| needs do is to provide power for the car in a long | | | | between car manufacturers and the global provider of |
| span of time. It should be a good power storage box | | | | large format rechargeable power solutions could mean |
| or a battery. | | | | that, in the near future, majority of the cars in our |
| This is where Lithium Technology Corporation steps in. | | | | roads will be energy efficient and produce less or no |
| The company provides rechargeable batteries for any | | | | emissions at all. |
| conceivable use. And the company is moving forward | | | | The batteries being produced by Lithium Technology |
| to help the automotive industry in providing quality | | | | Corporation can be recharged by an engine as in the |
| batteries that can be used on electric cars whether to | | | | case of hybrid-electric vehicles. They can also be |
| a fully electric vehicle or a hybrid-electric vehicle. The | | | | charged via a standard AC electrical socket for plug-in |
| batteries being offered by the company are lithium ion | | | | hybrid-electric vehicles. The company has developed a |
| ones which stores the same amount of energy to that | | | | range of high quality batteries like the brake |
| of a metal-hydride battery but weigh less. | | | | components that can be found at Active Brakes |
| The company has shown what their batteries can do | | | | Direct. These batteries are produced with electronic |
| by teaming up with Innosys Engineering to convert a | | | | controls or battery management systems that |
| mass produced car with a gasoline engine to an | | | | harnesses the battery's full potential. |
| electric car. The team started out with a four-seater | | | | Aside from batteries that can be used by electric cars, |
| Daihatsu Cuore and converted it to be run from the | | | | the Lithium Technology Corporation also produces |
| power stored by lithium-ion batteries and a | | | | batteries for other technological gizmos like laptop |
| three-phase asynchronous electric motor. The battery | | | | computers and the likes. |