Samsung SDI was present at Energy Storage Europe 2018, Germany’s ESS Exhibition and revealed a new high-capacity battery cell.
The 111Ah ESS battery cell showcased by Samsung SDI at the conference has the feature of substantially increased capacity…
Fastned made some useful tests to show how different electric cars handle fast charging. This is particularly important for those who plan to use fast chargers regularly.
Let’s see the results.
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In this article we’ll see who is using the most advanced battery chemistries and what’s coming soon.
Currently, most important advancements are being made at the cathode level, by increasing the nickel while reducing the cobalt content it&r…
Batteries are part of our lives. They are present in everyday devices such as electric cars, smartphones, tablets or laptops. For this reason it’s important to know how to treat them right.
We already know that TMS (Thermal Management Systems) ar…
Be warned, this is going to be a long article. Nonetheless if you’re interested in battery technology or have a BMW i3, you’ll like reading it.
Later this year, the BMW i3 will get its battery upgraded with NCM 622 cells and the capacity wi…
There are two major battery cell makers that promised NCM 811 EV battery cells for 2018. They are SK Innovation and LG Chem. Let’s recapture what we already know about it.
As you already know, currently most EV batteries have NCM 622 cathodes, wh…
In a recent study 283 Nissan Leafs manufactured between 2011 and 2017, had their SoH (State of Health) measured 1.382 times. The data is from 82 Nissan Leafs with 30 kWh batteries and 201 with the 24 kWh variants.
The measurements were made by using a …
China’s 13th Five-year Plan (2016 to 2020) sets the goals for EV battery cells of reaching an energy density higher than 300 Wh/kg and cost lower than 100 €/kWh. Currently battery cell makers are working to reach or even surpass these objectives….
The 2018 Nissan Leaf battery – like all previous versions – uses a 96s2p cell configuration, this means that in total there are 192 cells in the battery pack. However, the battery cells now have a much higher energy density.
In the Nissan Leaf, each ba…
Online range calculators are very useful tools, especially to understand the impact of speed, temperature and heat pumps on electric cars range.
The online range calculator for the Volkswagen e-Golf isn’t the first. We already have available iden…
