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Panasonic Providing Batteries for Mazda i-stop Stop/Start System; Moving to Mass Production
15 July 2009
Panasonic Storage Battery Co. is providing the new lead-acid battery (the N55) used in conjunction with Mazda’s i-stop stop-start system deployed on the Axela and Biante. (Earlier post.)
The battery was developed to satisfy the characteristics required by stop-start system, and features a different internal configuration and a proprietary thin plate to reduce the resistance, provide superior charge acceptance (regenerative properties) and the durability.
According to a report in the Nikkei, Panasonic aims to produce enough batteries for 1 million stop-start vehicles a year by fiscal 2015. It estimates that of all passenger vehicles produced in Japan in fiscal 2015, roughly 2 million will have stop-start capabilities.
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Posted by: Davemart | July 15, 2009 at 03:47 AM
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About time too. Companies are switching to NiMH and Lithium for this sort of very weak hybrid when Lead acid can do the job more economically.
Axion also now has an agreement with Exide, so their batteries may come into more use.
Since it is a new, more advanced type though there may be barriers to introduction as it would need extensive testing for automative use.
Most car makers seem focussed on jumping straight to Lithium or NiMH