The nickel-zinc (zinc/nickel-oxide) battery is an alkaline rechargeable system. It is a combination of the nickel electrode, as used in other batteries such as nickel-cadmium, nickel-iron and ...

(NiCd) A rechargeable battery technology that is widely used for portable hand tools. It uses a nickel and cadmium plate and potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte. Originally invented in Sweden ...

However, hybrid cars have only been viable since the first Toyota Prius in 1997. (Automotive experts can pedantically point ...

Cellphones of the past came equipped with rechargeable nickel-based batteries with (Ni-Cd and NiMH). In the past few years, however, most rechargeable batteries used in phones are Lithium-based.