Toshiba made some new partnerships to develop car batteries

The bane of most electric car manufacturing, the battery, is always the sticking point. Toshiba, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen are all working together to hopefully create a car battery that can stand up to most driving. The intention is that these Toshiba electric car batteries will help electric automobiles go much farther, charge faster and be more economical.

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Difficulties with batteries

Ever since the electric cars have been around, the battery has been in question. An electric car relies on batteries for all of its power, and those batteries are notoriously heavy, short-lived and take a long time to charge. The battery-gas hybrid solved this problem. Within the push for all-electric cars, the race to develop better batteries is going.

Major players involved in electric car batteries

Tesla motors is presently the big name in electric vehicles – and this is partially due to its battery technology. Tesla’s electric roadster that goes for $109,000 has a 300 mile range, but the high price is a barrier. The Nissan electric Leaf is only $25,000, but the battery lasts for about 100 miles. Toshiba and Mitsubishi have partnered up to create a SCiB — Super Charge ion Battery — that can be long-lasting and inexpensive. Presently, Panasonic supplies batteries to both Honda and Ford, when Hitachi supplies General Motors and NEC supplies Nissan.

Toshiba and their battery experience

The Toshiba push to create an electric car battery fits right to the technology the business develops. Toshiba makes motors for bullet trains, machinery, and elevators. By combining its SCiB battery technology with its engine know-how, the company is going to be building motors for a Ford hybrid in the next few years. Toshiba is also partnering with Mitsubishi to launch a Peugeot/Mitsubishi/Toshiba electric vehicle in Europe. To make an all electric vehicle, Toshiba is partnering with Volkswagen.

In short, electric car technology is improving and battery life is set to get better. This is good for the zero emissions vehicle market.