Primearth Ev Energy Co., Ltd.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Suguru Muraki

Junichi Matsumoto

Hiroyuki Sakamoto

Daisuke Koba

Yosuke Murota

Kazuki Nakano

Yuki Sakito

Jun Satoh

Takayuki Irie

A battery system includes a nickel-metal hydride battery and an ECU that controls charging and discharging of the nickel-metal hydride battery. The ECU calculates a discharge electricity amount showing an integrated value of a current discharged from the nickel-metal hydride battery, and further calculates ΔSOC of the nickel-metal hydride battery in a prescribed time period. The ECU calculates a charge reserve capacity of the nickel-metal hydride battery based on a temperature of the nickel-metal hydride battery, the discharge electricity amount, and the ΔSOC.

Battery system and method of controlling battery system

A nickel-metal hydride battery is provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode including hydrogen absorbing alloys. The hydrogen absorbing alloys of the negative electrode include a first hydrogen absorbing alloy and a second hydrogen absorbing alloy having a higher hydrogen equilibrium dissociation pressure than the first hydrogen absorbing alloy. Each hydrogen absorbing alloy includes an element A having high affinity for hydrogen and an element B having low affinity for hydrogen. The ratio of a substance amount of the element B to a substance amount of the element A is greater in the second hydrogen absorbing alloy than the first hydrogen absorbing alloy.

Nickel-metal hydride battery

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Toyohashi, Japan

Suguru Muraki