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Next generation low cost, high performance NiMH battery:
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Lower Cost |
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Improve Reliability |
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Reduce capacity variability; and |
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Improve elevated temperature performance. |
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By following these two steps, we will achieve low cost, high performance NiMH batteries thereby giving us a head start over our competition.
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Introduce New Substrate (3DF) and New Battery Materials
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3DF substrate is a critical new component for our new generation, lower cost NiMH batteries. Mass production of this substrate material began in 2005.
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Improved active Ni(OH)2 and surface treated metal hydride aloys are being manufactured.
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