nissan’s stylish street lamp puts old ev batteries back to work - solar street lamp
Automakers are increasingly looking to take advantage of so-called “second-
Batteries taken out of electric vehicles (EVs)
Once their storage capacity is below a certain level.
Although lithium has degraded to a point where it is no longer suitable for car use
Ion battery packs generally still have the capacity available, allowing companies to explore various uses for extended life.
This week, Nissan, along with its affiliate Nissan, released the light of rebirth, a solar car.
Electric street lamps use the old electric car batteries of electric vehicles to store excess energy. The 4. 2-meter-
When you compare it to a regular street light, the design of the high light is quite striking, it puts the battery on the base, while the solar panel is on the top, just above the LED light.
The system is down-
So if a disaster like an earthquake destroys the central power supply in densely populated areas, Nissan's lights will continue to burn brightly to help the community continue to sail the streets on dark nights.
As part of the trial, the Japanese carmaker plans to install a respawn light in Namei, a town destroyed by a 2011 Northeast disaster, including a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
If the test proves successful, Nissan believes that its technology has great potential, and lighting is only the first step in many possible applications for its aging electric vehicle batteries.
"Today, 17% of the world's population still has no electricity," the company said on its website . "
"The repeated use of electric vehicle batteries and lighting has the potential to change the lives of people in Japan and the world.
It added: "Even if batteries no longer power cars, they can be reborn and continue to serve humanity.
"Nissan is by no means the only car manufacturer to explore the battery use of old electric vehicles.
For example, BMW built a 2 with 2,600 electric vehicle battery modules of 100 cars.
The 8mWh storage system of a charging station in Hamburg, Germany, can be used as energy during the peak demand period.
Renault is also in its so-
It is called "wisdom island" in Portugal ".