Comments on: Lighter 22.92-kwh Battery Developed By The SmartBatt Project http://www.hybridcars.com/lighter-2292-kwh-battery-developed-smartbatt-project-62517/ Auto alternatives for the 21st century Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Van http://www.hybridcars.com/lighter-2292-kwh-battery-developed-smartbatt-project-62517/#comment-41370 Van Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:39:26 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=13287#comment-41370 23 Kwh seems quite large for a plug in hybrid, we only need about half of that. 23 Kwh seems quite small for an EV, we need twice that and more. Research should focus on 12 Kwh and 48 kwh batteries.

Not sure what “offering a range of 120 km based on NEDC operation” means in the real world. Figure 3.5 MPkwh, so if 80% of the 23 was available routinely, then the range of the prototype would be 64 miles, way to short. A minimum range for an Ev would be 135 real world miles, which works out to 48 kwh battery.

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