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Honda sticks to nickel-metal hydride batteries

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Honda Motor Co will use conventional nickel-metal hydride batteries for its new gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle it plans to launch next year, Automotive News reported Monday. A growing number of automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors Corp., are planning to use lithium-ion batteries for their new hybrids.

But Honda believes lithium-ion technology is still too unreliable to warrant mass production, the industry trade publication quoted Honda President Takeo Fukui as saying. The lithium-ion technology is not the best choice because there are concerns of reliability and durability, Fukui said.

Lithium-ion batteries can be made smaller while storing more electricity than nickel-metal hydride batteries. But there are safety concerns because lithium-ion batteries are easier to overheat than nickel-metal hydride batteries.

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A wise decision looking back. So many burnt planes and vehicles

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