Vw Chairman Thinks Solid-State Batteries Tin Deliver 700 Km Range
Following persistent word leaks from 'highly placed insiders' most an all-electric version of Audi's upcoming Q8 sports SUV alongside 700 km battery range, VW Chairman Prof. doc Martin Winterkorn has hinted at the battery engineering Audi may run to laissez passer that range.
In a vocalism communication at Stanford University, during the honor of the third Science Award for Electrochemistry, Dr Winterkorn said he sees neat potential inward solid-state batteries.
"Increasing the specific unloose energy of lithium-ion cells to every bit much every bit 380 Wh/l volition trim back driving arrive at drawbacks.
With a higher nickel content, much to a greater extent than volition live on feasible.
But nosotros every bit good involve to intensify basic query into batteries alongside an fifty-fifty greater specific energy, such every bit solid-state batteries.
I run into neat potential inward this novel technology, maybe boosting the arrive at to every bit much every bit 700 kilometers (1,000 Wh/l)."
In March nosotros reported that VW were bench testing novel battery chemical scientific discipline capable of providing "between 3 in addition to iv times the power" from a given capacity. This would hateful upwardly to 80kWh from a like book occupied yesteryear the electrical current Golf Blue-e-motion's 26.5kWh battery pack.
Dr Heinz-Jakob Neusser, VW board fellow member responsible for development, speaking at the Geneva motor show, refused to mention the battery chemistry, exactly disn’t deny it was a lithium-air unit, which are capable of delivering huge amounts of power, exactly are inward the real early on stages of development.
Given Dr Winterkorn's tilt that electrical current unloose energy density alongside lithium-ion batteries, which let a arrive at of 190 kilometers, is 260 Wh/l in addition to inward the same vocalism communication he references solid-state batteries @ 1,000 wh/l, a 4x increase, I mean value it becomes clear this is the chemical scientific discipline VW are bench testing.
The Science Award Electrochemistry was initiated yesteryear BASF in addition to Volkswagen inward 2012. The aim beingness to foster particular scientific in addition to engineering achievements inward electrochemistry in addition to to supply an incentive for the evolution of high-performance unloose energy storage.
The 700 km battery powered Audi Q8 is expected roughly 2017.
Source: VW