Electric vehicle mainly depend on the battery. Battery technology affects the overall performance of an electric vehicle. Thus it is necessary to know latest battery technologies that are using for electric vehicle.
NiMH batteries have higher energy density than lead-acid; prototype EVs deliver up to 200 km (120 mi) of range. New lithium-ion battery-equipped EVs provide 320–480 km (200–300 mi) of range per charge. Lithiumis also less expensive than nickel. Nickel-zinc battery are cheaper and lighter than Nickel-cadmium batteries.
Hello, you may consider solid-state battery technology. However it is yet more expensive that li-ion one but has promising features like faster charging and higher power density.
Lithium ion batteries are the still dominating the battery market for application in EVs. LNM, LTO and LFP are the best choice for EVs. LNM have higher power density then other but not thermally stable like LFP.
Many research is going on to improve the properties of the Lithium ion battery material to make it more suitable for EV applications.
Solid state batteries are also good choice because of its high thermal stability.
Hybrid energy storage might be future of energy storage for EV in the coming year.
Energy storage system of EV can not be solely depend on the SC because of its low energy density. In case of HESS, the application of SC with the Li-ion battery can attract many EV manufacturer companies.
The production process of EV considers in the battery choice with lots of variables, like: lifetime, power density, cost and the most important parameter, the security in charging and discharging of a battery. Exist a lot of kinds of battery developed today, but in laboratory tests same kinds aren't safe for put on-board in a EV due to difficulty in control the charge and discharge.
Because this, Li-ion is the most used battery in EV, Li-ion has a lot of researches developed showing systems and control of charging and discharging.