Hitachi reports that the "world's first ultra-large full battery dump truck" is being put to work at an open-pit copper/gold mine in Zambia. The prototype will undergo validation testing under ...

TOKYO--Hitachi Vehicle Energy, chosen to supply General Motors with lithium ion battery packs for hybrid vehicles, is shipping samples of a new battery that is 50 percent more powerful than the ones ...

Battery manufacturer Hitachi plans to invest more in its production process and raise the output of lithium-ion batteries by 70 percent by 2015. According to report by the Nikkei business daily, ...

TOKYO -- Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd. will supply lithium ion batteries for the Buick LaCrosse this summer, the Japanese company's first lithium power pack for a passenger vehicle. Yoshito Tsunoda, ...

Hitachi Automotive Systems says its lithium-ion battery module is being used in the new Suzuki Solio and Solio Bandit hybrid specification cars launched last month. Hitachi Automotive Systems says its ...

Hitachi Construction Machinery won a silver award for its ultra-large full battery dump truck in the Anthem Awards' Responsible Technology category. The Anthem Awards, presented by the Webby Awards, ...

That's always good news. Hitachi is developing a new generation of lithium-ion battery packs that should significantly extend the running time of portable devices without requiring a radical ...

Without a super-efficient battery, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are little more than scrap metal. The more efficient the battery, the longer a car can run–and the more attractive it is to ...

With power density of 4,500 W/kg -- 1.7 times the output of the company's mass-produced, automotive lithium-ion batteries Hitachi, Ltd. earlier this week announced that in conjunction with Hitachi ...