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 ...

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 ...

Hitachi Automotive Systems says its lithium-ion battery module is being used in the new Suzuki Solio and Solio Bandit hybrid specification cars launched last month. Hitachi Automotive Systems says its ...

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, ...

Hitachi has created a prototype of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell with tweaks that promise to double the working life of the battery to more than 10 years. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Northern Territory Labor has awarded the contract for the Darwin big battery to Hitachi Energy, in what is expected to be a major step towards eliminating fossil fuels and operating the local grid ...