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  • Under the steeply raked hood, the Prius v hosts the now-familiar Prius gas-electric drivetrain, consisting of a 1.8-liter gas engine working with two motor/generators and the nickel-metal hydride battery pack, sluicing mechanical force and regenerated electrons back and forth through the car's power-splitting planetary gearset.

    The Fuel-Sipping Prius Gets a Bigger Brother Dan Neil 2011

  • Toyota The Prius v hosts the now-familiar Prius gas-electric drivetrain, consisting of a 1.8-liter gas engine working with two motor/generators and the nickel-metal hydride battery pack.

    The Prius's Bigger Brother 2011

  • Honda For 2012, Honda bumped the displacement and output of the Civic Hybrid's internal-combustion engine (1.5 liters, up from 1.3) and electric motor (20 kW, up from 15 kW), as well as upgrading to lithium chemistry batteries (replacing the nickel-metal hydride).

    A Giant Stumbles 2011

  • Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive, the energy management system first deployed in the Prius, has proven to be dead reliable, and the nickel-metal hydride battery packs have outlasted even the most optimistic estimates.

    The Fuel-Sipping Prius Gets a Bigger Brother Dan Neil 2011

  • I would have preferred using the outside 220-volt outlet I had installed nearly a decade ago to "quick-charge" the old GM EV-1, equipped with heavy nickel-metal hydride batteries.

    2011 Chevrolet Volt Warren Brown 2011

  • Toyota The Prius v hosts the now-familiar Prius gas-electric drivetrain, consisting of a 1.8-liter gas engine working with two motor/generators and the nickel-metal hydride battery pack.

    The Prius's Bigger Brother 2011

  • Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive, the energy management system first deployed in the Prius, has proven to be dead reliable, and the nickel-metal hydride battery packs have outlasted even the most optimistic estimates.

    The Fuel-Sipping Prius Gets a Bigger Brother Dan Neil 2011

  • In theory, the independent rear suspension should increase the car's agility and in practice it creates space under the load floor to fit the car's nickel-metal hydride battery pack.

    At Least It's a Lexus Dan Neil 2011

  • Under the steeply raked hood, the Prius v hosts the now-familiar Prius gas-electric drivetrain, consisting of a 1.8-liter gas engine working with two motor/generators and the nickel-metal hydride battery pack, sluicing mechanical force and regenerated electrons back and forth through the car's power-splitting planetary gearset.

    The Fuel-Sipping Prius Gets a Bigger Brother Dan Neil 2011

  • They add that the lithium batteries are 30 percent lighter, 40 percent smaller, and 10 percent more efficient than nickel-metal hydride batteries.

    2011 Hyundai Sonata hybrid - Details revealed on the upcoming Blue Drive sedan 2010

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