E-One Moli Energy Corp. (Molicel) said on Wednesday it is building a new lithium-ion battery plant in Taiwan with production capacity of 12 million units per month.
The Japanese government is considering the introduction of noise-making devices to protect vision-impaired pedestrians from near-silent hybrid cars when running on electricity, before the engine kicks in.
Hyundai said Thursday it has received, in just two weeks, more than 1,000 pre-launch orders at home Elantra LPI Hybrid, the world’s first hybrid car to use liquefied petroleum gas and lithium polymer batteries.
UK will become first European country to build hybrid cars following a decision by Toyota to start production of the Auris hybrid at its Burnaston plant.