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Christ · 10-09-2009, 01:36 AM

In support of my above comment, I invite you to research the Toyota Highlander EV hybrid and it's Ni-MH battery pack.

The company that bought the patent for the Ni-MH batteries that were in use, as I understand it, will not allow battery sizes to be sold that are sufficient to power a vehicle, for whatever reason. Toyota, as a result, was forced to stop production of the Ni-MH battery pack in the Highlander EV, and since Ni-MH was the only viable choice for them at the time, subsequently canceled the Highlander EV altogether.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	In support of my above comment, I invite you to research the Toyota Highlander EV hybrid and it's Ni-MH battery pack. The company that bought the patent for the Ni-MH batteries that were in use, as I understand it, will not allow battery sizes to be sold that are sufficient to power a vehicle, for whatever reason. Toyota, as a result, was forced to stop production of the Ni-MH battery pack in the Highlander EV, and since Ni-MH was the only viable choice for them at the time, subsequently canceled the Highlander EV altogether. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"