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I thought it was out of the abandoned iMiEV.
Sounds great, I'll be a customer when my traction dies!
I am certainly interested too.zzcoopej wrote:Sounds great, I'll be a customer when my traction dies!
There is a company in Europe that has upgraded the Outlander PHEV battery to 19.5kWh, maybe you can get some ideas from him as it uses very similar cells. https://youtu.be/BRd-o8tUVHc
Maybe you'll end up with the 180km range mentioned in that very inaccurate diagram (It also says cells are 14.8v, where that is the module voltage, oops!)
I'd always thought they could be very helpful as a supplemental store of charge, though. Recoup more from deceleration, feed back into the battery pack more slowly. Or just store a bit of extra juice for acceleration, and put the main battery pack under high-drain conditions less often. Smooth out the flow, generally!
That is what I thought first up when reading about these super caps. Or as an extra jerry can of juice to cart on an extended trip.bmscott wrote: ↑Wed, 07 Mar 2018, 06:11I'd always thought they could be very helpful as a supplemental store of charge, though. Recoup more from deceleration, feed back into the battery pack more slowly. Or just store a bit of extra juice for acceleration, and put the main battery pack under high-drain conditions less often. Smooth out the flow, generally!
I'm guessing cost is the reason why this isn't done routinely, but that equation could change over time.
Indeedy, a while back I've calculated it. Even then supercap was irrelevant. Roughly speaking, for the same super-cap 1kWh energy addition , you can add 24kWh of lithium battery at the same volume, or 30kWh for the same weight (at 3% of the price). Old figures though.