Mitsuhiko Yamashita, Nissan's executive vice president for research and development, said advances in lithium-ion battery technology will dramatically boost the operating range of electric vehicles, potentially broadening their appeal. Some numbers:
- 400km range for the 4th (!!) generation lithium-ion batteries that will be ready by 2015;
- 2nd generation available in 2010 with 170km range, presumably the first EV to be globaly sold by Nissan
- 3rd generation lithium-ion technology (2012) good for 300km;
- mass production of batteries by Nissan and NEC starts in 2009 (13000 units) and could reach 65000 units per year.
I assume the range numbers are for a small city car such as the Mixim concept and 65000 batteries per year doesn´t sound like much but considering the rate that things will be changing this can certainly improve.
- mass production of batteries by Nissan and NEC starts in 2009 (13000 units) and could reach 65000 units per year.
I assume the range numbers are for a small city car such as the Mixim concept and 65000 batteries per year doesn´t sound like much but considering the rate that things will be changing this can certainly improve.
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