TOKYO--Hitachi Vehicle Energy, chosen to supply General Motors with lithium ion battery packs for hybrid vehicles, is shipping samples of a new battery that is 50 percent more powerful than the ones ...

With power density of 4,500 W/kg -- 1.7 times the output of the company's mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion batteries Hitachi, Ltd. earlier this week announced that in conjunction with Hitachi ...

Hitachi reports that the "world's first ultra-large full battery dump truck" is being put to work at an open-pit copper/gold mine in Zambia. The prototype will undergo validation testing under ...

Battery manufacturer Hitachi plans to invest more in its production process and raise the output of lithium-ion batteries by 70 percent by 2015. According to report by the Nikkei business daily, ...

Hitachi seems to have made a major leap forward in the development of “green” vehicles. The company claims it has developed the world’s most efficient lithium-ion battery for hybrid cars, topping ...

TOKYO -- Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd. will supply lithium ion batteries for the Buick LaCrosse this summer, the Japanese company's first lithium power pack for a passenger vehicle. Yoshito Tsunoda, ...

Without a super-efficient battery, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are little more than scrap metal. The more efficient the battery, the longer a car can run–and the more attractive it is to ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. And GATESHEAD, England, May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turntide Technologies ("Turntide"), developer of breakthrough electrification and sustainable operations technologies, has ...

Hitachi Construction Machinery won a silver award for its ultra-large full battery dump truck in the Anthem Awards' Responsible Technology category. The Anthem Awards, presented by the Webby Awards, ...

Under the trial, battery packs were fitted on an existing Hitachi-built Sirio tram, which travelled some distance under battery power. Credit: Hitachi Rail. Hitachi Rail has announced that it has ...