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 Posted: Fri Dec 18th, 2009 07:13 am
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# 6: LITHIUM-ION CELLS

It was the very first production car to use lithium-ion cells*, which pack roughly twice the energy into a given mass as do the nickel-metal-hydride batteries used in almost every hybrid car for the last dozen years. More energy = more power = more driving fun. Case closed.