Take Wednesday's announcement, for example. The automaker has reportedly inked a deal with Sanyo Electric to co-develop nickel metal hydride batteries with an eye for use in hybrids. This isn't a new arena for the electronics maker, which also provides the Honda Accord Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrid with cells.
In addition to increased output and heightened durability bogeys, the joint venture R&D project minimize size and weight constraints in order to increase efficiency and ease packaging concerns.
[Source: Just-Auto]