Before going to the new battery, let’s see the characteristics of the older one.
You’ll find this video lecture from Renault very interesting.
First generation battery:
Total weight is 290 kg (280 kg are quoted in the video, bu…
Before going to the new battery, let’s see the characteristics of the older one.
You’ll find this video lecture from Renault very interesting.
First generation battery:
Total weight is 290 kg (280 kg are quoted in the video, bu…
Volkswagen’s strategy for batteries could be resumed to using the same cells for BEVs and PHEVs. It has its pros and cons. But we’ll look into it ahead.
Volkswagen currently uses 25 Ah NMC cells made by Sanyo (owned by Panasonic) to make th…
The 43 kWh battery for the Renault Zoe was built by Imecar Elektronik Turkey in cooperation with Renault Turkey.
The 18650 format cells used appear to be the popular green cells made by Panasonic, the NCR18650B (3.400 mAh). We’re talking of more …
Since 2013, GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi and Bosch are working together in a joint venture named Lithium Energy and Power with the purpose to develop better batteries for electric cars. But despite some claims from time to time about a future battery with doub…
In the summer of 2012 Mitsubishi MiEV’s French brothers, Citroen C-Zero and Peugeot iOn started using a battery with reduced capacity, 14,5 kWh (80 cells) instead of 16 kWh (88 cells). Nonetheless, Mitsubishi i-MiEV kept the 16 kWh battery.
At th…