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Old 02-20-2013, 11:15 PM   #141 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by perryjack View Post
the reason why Honda don't use 6800 or 7000mah, is not because of another reason:
the rare earth metal is very expensive and need to purchase from china.
In fact, their new version of battery drop to 5800mah, in order to save money.
As far as I know, this is not the major concern, hybrid battery is very expensive compared with normal NiMH batteries, so the material cost is not the major concern, but it is true that 5800mAh capacity is enough for the application as far as the stability and high rate discharge function is good enough.

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