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February 21, 2008 – Vol. 12 No. 48 Valence Technology to Supply Lithium Phosphate Battery Packs Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Conversion. The company will ship 600 additional modules to OEMtek by the end of February. Valence previously supplied OEMtek with 300 modules which are now being shipped to customers. The OEMtek battery system, called BREEZ (tm) (Battery Range Extender EZ) fits over the tire in the trunk of the Prius, but does not use any of the trunk space. The OEMtek BREEZ system with lithium phosphate cells, provides a capacity of 277 volts and 34 amp hours, and a weight of about 209 pounds. OEMtek’s plug-in hybrid will average 90 miles per gallon at freeway speeds of 60 miles per hour for an average distance of 47 miles on a single charge. For urban driving the vehicle and will average more than 150 mpg at speeds under 35 mph for 30 miles on a single charge.
Initially the OEMtek product will only be available in California, where more than 500,000 Toyota Prius vehicles have been sold. OEMtek plans to install about 40 BREEZ systems in Toyota Prius’s starting in March and will ramp up to 100 monthly conversions by the end of 2008. OEMtek plans to start Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid conversions in late 2008. The OEMtek list price for the base Prius conversion package is $12,500. Valence Technology, of Austin, Texas, developed and markets the industry's first commercially available, safe, large-format family of lithium phosphate rechargeable batteries. OEMtek, of Milpitas, California, designs, integrates and distributes components, advance electronics and systems for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. (2/20/08)
Links: Valence Technology OEMtek
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