Panasonic Corporation today announced that its 12V Energy
Recovery Systems that use nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries are installed
in the new idle-stop vehicles just rolled out by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the Nissan DAYZ ROOX*1 and Mitsubishi eK
Space*2. The new models were designed and developed for the Japanese market by
NMKV Co., Ltd., a joint venture formed by the two automakers.