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Originally Posted by cody
They're just now switching to Li-ion batteries?
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Traditional Li-ion batterys would be horrible due to the limited number of charges. Cars would last maybe a year before needing to replace the batteries. The reason the switch took so long is due to the fact that Fuji Heavy Industries and NEC have a joint patent on new Li-ion batteries with Manganese (I think) that don't have the same charging limitation, and Toyota legally was in a bind. So, they bought 8.7% of FHI a few months back, and agreed to a partnership and all that jazz, and now they have the good battery technology they wanted.