"One thing is to get Warren Buffett to advertise your product and another one is for Buffett to proclaim: "In 20 years, all cars on the road will be electric". China, Buffett and Electric Cars - what else do we need to start a new Trend?"
We have Warren Buffet, James Dines and Jay Taylor on board, now we have the range to cure "Range Anxiety" with Electric Cars. What else do we need for our Next Big Thing to happen? Time is to look for Lithium and REE Supply.
Bloomberg
"Nissan Electric Car Battery May Be Ready by 2015, Nikkei Says
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. is developing a lithium ion battery for electric vehicles that can store electricity at double the current capacity, the Nikkei newspaper reported, without saying where it got the information. Nissan aims to equip electric cars with the battery by 2015, the paper reported.
The new battery will be able to power an electric vehicle for 300 kilometers (186 miles) on a single charge, about twice the distance currently possible, the newspaper said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Keiko Ujikane in Tokyo at kujikane@bloomberg.net"
1 comment:
There is no problem to power a car with Li-ion batteries for 300 km. This is just a question how much capacity is put in the car. For 300 km approx. 50 kWh are required = 400 kg of battery weight - not easy to put this in a car. The claim of Nissan of double energy density is pure phantasy. The maximum reached is 150 Wh/kg on cell level which is reduced to 120 at module level. One can reach higher E-densites, but not with acceptable cycle life. Electrochemical basic laws are also valid for NISSAN.
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