Toyota, BMW to research lithium-air battery - lithium air battery
Tokyo, Reuters-
Toyota Motor Corporation (7203.
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Air batteries are expected to be more powerful than lithium batteries
The two companies say they use ion batteries in many hybrid and electric vehicles.
They said on Thursday that the two companies will also develop fuel cell car systems, including hydrogen tanks and motors, by 2020.
Strengthen the partnership between the best Toyota companies in the world
As global competition intensifies, BMW, which sells automakers and the largest premium carmaker, will allow them to reduce development costs.
"It needs to be cheaper in order for fuel cell cars to be more widely used.
This will take a lot of time and development costs, "said Toyota's deputy director, woshi uchiya motor, who led the development of the best-selling Prius hybrid in the 1990 s.
"By bringing together the wisdom of the two companies, we can aim to make FCVs more popular," he said at a news conference with BMW in Nagoya, central Japan . ".
Toyota said it wanted to use co-developed technology to launch a new fuel cell car of about 2020 kilometers, while BMW said it had not yet decided on a launch date.
Toyota aims to start selling a fuel cell sedan around 2015.
The two companies reiterated that they had no plans to establish a capital link. up.
Toyota uses lithium
Ion battery in Prius plug
In hybrid, some Prius v, and eQ electric vehicles. A lithium-
The anode of the air battery is filled with lithium and the cathode is filled with air.
In theory, batteries can generate and store more electricity than existing lithiumion battery.
Researchers, including ibm imb, are working on the technology.
N. is working on lithium-
Let electric cars charge 500 miles of air batteries at a time.
Toyota and BMW also said they would work on a shared platform and technology
Large sports car, and develop technology to make the car lighter and thus more fuel-efficientefficient.
Eager to strengthen its diesel engine production line
In the case of a downturn in the European market, Toyota agreed in 2011 with BMW in lithium-
Ion battery research in exchange for a stable supply of BMW
Diesel engines started in 2014.
BMW needs to reduce its new car's carbon emissions by about third by 2020, and the company agreed on Toyota's work on fuel cells and electric power systems in 2012.
Toyota's uchi Yamada says they want to decide as soon as possible how to work together on electrified power trains.