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This is All-New model different from 2011- Aqua. It shares same platform as Yaris. Aqua is the name for used in Japan, called Prius C on other market. This is
by fomine3 5y ago
This is All-New model different from 2011- Aqua. It shares same platform as Yaris.
Aqua is the name for used in Japan, called Prius C on other market.
This is just HEV.
This release argues that there are significant improvements by using bipolar battery. That's why I post here.
> Compared to the previous-generation nickel-hydrogen battery, the all-new bipolar nickel-hydrogen battery delivers 1.5-times greater output per cell, and packs 1.4-times more cells in the same-sized space; together, this leads to a total output increase of approximately two-fold.
- CamperBob2 5y agoThis release argues that there are significant improvements by using bipolar battery. That's why I post here. What other kind of battery is there?
- fomine3 5y agonon-bipolar as described in release.
- CamperBob2 5y agoSo it's the electrode that's bipolar, not the battery.
- baybal2 5y agoPlain Ni-MH
- fy20 5y agoIn Europe it's just Yaris - they share the same name for hybrid and non-hybrid drive trains. I wonder why Toyota decided to give them different names (which all sound equally global) in different regions, seems really confusing. As far as I know Toyota, all other cars Toyota sells have the same name worldwide.
- fomine3 5y agoAdd more complexity: Yaris was named as "Vitz" in Japan from the beginning until 2019 Yaris was sold. Aqua coexists with Vitz Hybrid and Yaris Hybrid so Aqua can't be named as them. It seems that EU Yaris Hybrid are equivalent to Vitz/Yaris Hybrid.
- libertine 5y agoProbably Yaris didn't work well on focus groups, most likely being associated with something that wasn't suited for the brand. Or simply people liked Prius more.