Our environment has new hope thanks to the advancements made by hybrid vehicles. The future is brighter thanks to the advancement of battery technologies.
To generate power, traditional cars use a gasoline engine. A gas-electric hybrid technology uses a combination of a gasoline-powered engine and a battery-fueled generator to power a small gasoline engine. Some models can be completely fueled by the electric motor for short distances at speeds below 30 miles an hour.
So what is stopping hybrid advancement? The batteries that drive the electric motor are still not mass-produced and have not been accepted by consumers.
Hybrid vehicles today use nickel metal-hydride batteries. The lighter, more powerful batteries that are road-worthy will make the gas mileage even worse.
Johnson Controls Inc.’s lithium-ion battery technology is the future. Lithium, the third-lightest element in nature, means that lithium-ion batteries can provide power without sacrificing vehicle space or weight.
But, lithium-ion cells aren’t widely available. There is no way to have more fuel-efficient cars on the road unless there are more lithium-ion manufacturers.
The future is here. Johnson Controls-Saft advanced power solutions recently opened Nersac in France, the first ever lithium-ion automotive batteries facility. Johnson Controls and Saft are a joint venture. Johnson Controls is the world’s most trusted supplier of automotive battery technology. Saft has extensive expertise in advanced energy-storage solutions. This facility will supply Original Equipment customers worldwide, including current production of the 2009 Mercedes Benz S-Class lithium-ion hybrid.
Johnson Controls is paying attention to legislation and its importance for advancing hybrid and advanced energy storage markets in the U.S. as well as globally. Johnson Controls has recently presented testimony before Congress on battery energy storage. To address industry challenges, Johnson Controls maintains a dialogue between the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. Department of Transportation) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. Department of Energy).
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