Hydrides are important in storage battery technologies such as Nickel-metal hydride battery.
Another example of a secondary cell is the sealed rechargeable nickel/metal hydride battery.
The superior capacity of the Nickel-metal hydride batteries, and more recently their lower cost, has largely supplanted their use.
Nickel-metal hydride batteries are being manufactured there and the location is now also used to support customers with the engineering of lithium-ion battery packs.
Nickel-metal hydride batteries were very expensive at the time, so only the most well funded teams could afford them.
Nickel-metal hydride batteries are now considered a relatively mature technology.
The hybrid cars that we're familiar with use nickel metal hydride battery packs.
Hybrids are using nickel-metal hydride batteries to store and return high-voltage energy to the vehicle.
Lithium-ion batteries have a higher specific energy than nickel-metal hydride batteries, but they are significantly more expensive to produce.
According to Gates, which is developing a hydride substitute, a fully charged hydride battery would lose its charge after standing for two months.