nimh battery recycling Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:32:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Toyota Recycles Hybrid Batteries for Micro-Grid Applications https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-recycled-hybrid-batteries-for-micro-grid-applications-20130207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-recycled-hybrid-batteries-for-micro-grid-applications-20130207/#respond Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:32:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32798 The power grid, for the most part, wasn’t designed with too many fail-safes, and the aging infrastructure shows this weakness every time there is a storm or excessive demand. Blackouts and brownouts, though, can be at least minimized or mitigated with the addition of smart-grid technology. By combining smart switching and backup power supplies, even […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-recycled-hybrid-batteries-for-micro-grid-applications-20130207/feed/ 0 32798 Toyota Setting Up Recycling Facilities For Old Nickel Metal Batteries From Old Hybrids https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-recycling-nickel-metal-batteries-20101029/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-recycling-nickel-metal-batteries-20101029/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:48:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11535 To keep the planet as tidy as possible, and to make a good business, Toyota has decided that it's about time they recycled used NiMH batteries included in their old hybrid cars, such as the Prius, which has been produced from 2000 onwards.

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