Prius and Hybrid News This is a discussion on German battery could jump-start electric car production within the Prius and Hybrid News forums, part of the Toyota Prius Forums category; FRANKFURT (AFP) - German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel consumption, but a firm in eastern Saxony ...
German battery could jump-start electric car production
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FRANKFURT (AFP) - German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel consumption, but a firm in eastern Saxony has designed a lithium-ion battery membrane that could finally make electric cars common.
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Germans were said to be plodding along behind, but batteries made by the a firm called Li-Tec "take up 30 percent less volume than those from Toyota" and "allow you to go three times further for the same weight than French models," said Tim Schaefer, a director of the company in eastern Kamenz.
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