schizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoCATL unveils powerful 500-mile EV batteries for heavy trucks with 15-year lifeinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkCATL unveils powerful 500-mile EV batteries for heavy trucks with 15-year lifeinterestingengineering.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago The long-life version is designed to last up to 1.2 million miles, with a capacity of 600 kWh and a range of 310 miles on a single charge. The long-range version extends the range up to 500 miles with a 1,000 kWh capacity Not bad. Not bad at all. I wonder how they test battery degredation in an accelerated timeframe?
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaurlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBatteries degrade with repeated charge cycles along a well-known curve: By repeated charge/discharge cycles at higher voltages, they can map out the expected bend in the curve at standard voltages with a much smaller number of cycles.
Not bad. Not bad at all. I wonder how they test battery degredation in an accelerated timeframe?
Batteries degrade with repeated charge cycles along a well-known curve:
By repeated charge/discharge cycles at higher voltages, they can map out the expected bend in the curve at standard voltages with a much smaller number of cycles.