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earth2tech.com - 1/28/2009

With Electric Cars Still in the Works, Makers Seek Extra Cash in Batteries [Earth2Tech]

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When Toyota Prius sales sank more than 40 percent last May compared with the same month a year earlier, the automaker blamed it on a global battery shortage. But while the 7 percent drop in fiscal 2009 sales Toyota forecast this week has less to do with batteries and more to do with the global ...

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gizmag.com - 1/22/2009

Quicksnap - a better ice block tray

— gizmag.com — January 22, 2009 One of the finalists in the recent Toyota IQ-sponsored Royal College of the Arts... design contest was this simple but effective ice cube tray. Graeme Davies invented Quicksnap so that single ice cubes can be popped out without the ... (more) Quicksnap - a better ice block tray

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money.cnn.com - 2/5/2009

Toyota idles nearly all assembly lines - Feb. 5, 2009

— money.cnn.com — TOYOTA CITY, Japan (CNN) -- On what was to be a historic day halting all of Toyota's... Japanese assembly lines, the automaker announced late Thursday that it kept one line running. The late news sent copy editors and reporters to their laptops erasing ... (more) Toyota idles nearly all assembly lines - Feb. 5, 2009

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nytimes.com - 1/30/2009

Toyota Will Offer a Plug-In Hybrid by 2010 - New York Times

— nytimes.com — The experimental plug-in version of Toyota's Prius hybrid. G.M. has also announced a plug-in car, the Chevrolet... Volt. More Photos > (more) Toyota Will Offer a Plug-In Hybrid by 2010 - New York Times

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Green news harvest: Shifting winds for wind power
Green Tech — ... Green state versus brown (i.e. coal-dependent) state biases play into politics of setting environmental policy. Click on the graphic to see your state's coal quotient. With Electric Cars Still in the Works, Makers Seek Extra Cash in Batteries - Earth2Tech A glimpse of the competitive landscape in auto batteries. Politicians (and GM) are now pushing for domestic battery production while automakers warn that the volumes may not be able to ...

Can Better Lead-Acid Batteries Compete in a Lithium-ion World?
Earth2Tech — ... , meanwhile, moved ahead with more expensive technology and took a hefty piece of the hybrid battery market as a result. (Lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride batteries can cost upwards of ...

Can Better Lead-Acid Batteries Compete in a Lithium-ion World? [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network — ... , meanwhile, moved ahead with more expensive technology and took a hefty piece of the hybrid battery market as a result. (Lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride batteries can cost upwards of ...

A123Systems Vies for Biz in Japan With Its Lithium-ion Batteries [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network — ... . But those automakers have already made their own investments in battery technology for plug-in and hybrid cars, forming joint ventures with consumer electronics battery giants like GS Yuasa and NEC. ...