Nissan Motor Company Limited

Naoki Ueda

Yuki Nakajima

Manabu Watanabe

Atsushi Itou

Yuka Aiso

A negative electrode for an electric device includes a silicon-containing alloy containing silicon and tin, a carbon cover layer including a carbon material and covering the silicon-containing alloy, and a negative electrode electric conducting additive. A ratio of an average particle diameter of the silicon-containing alloy to an average particle diameter of the carbon material is 240 or greater. The negative electrode for an electric device and an electric device using the negative electrode can improve cycle durability.

Negative electrode for electric device and electric device using the same

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, which includes: a battery () capable of being charged from an external power source (EPS); a power generation unit (PGU) capable of charging the battery (); an electric heater () configured to produce heat with electric power from an electric power source; a heater core () configured to heat air by using any one of waste heat from the power generation unit (PGU) and the electric heater (); and a controller () configured to perform control for selectively using the waste heat from the power generation unit (PGU) and the electric heater () as a heat source of the heater core () when the vehicle is parked.

Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle

A vehicle warning sound emitting apparatus includes a warning sound emitting component and a controller. The warning sound emitting component selectively emits a warning sound that is audible outside of the vehicle. The controller controls the warning sound emitting component to emit the warning sound during a prescribed period that an engine sound is being emitted from an engine of the vehicle such that the engine sound and the warning sound are audible at a location outside the vehicle during the prescribed period when the controller is controlling the warning sound emitting component to switch between emitting the warning sound and refraining from emitting the warning sound based on a vehicle traveling condition.

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Atsugi, Japan

Naoki Ueda