Nissan spins up new plant to give second life to EV batteries - lithium battery pack
Reuters-naomei, Japan
In a small factory designed to help revive towns devastated by the 2011 earthquake, Nissan Motor Co. is giving new life to its expensive electric vehicle (EV) battery after its highest performance passes
Global automakers are looking for ways to make cheaper electric vehicles and extend battery life, which can lead to the following:
The fifth cost per vehicle is made of increasingly expensive materials, including cobalt and nickel.
From the beginning, the joint venture between Nissan and Sumitomo Corporation will begin to sell the replacement lithium-
The first ion batteryA generation of leaves.
The battery will be reassembled high at the new factory in Namei
An execution module taken out of a battery with a total energy capacity of less than 80%.
They will be sold in Japan for 300,000 yen ($2,855.
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New replacement batteries for the world's number one and best-selling Volkswagenmarketed all-battery EV.
"By reusing used electric vehicle batteries, we want to increase the (residual) value of electric vehicles and make them more accessible," said Eiji Makino, CEO of g4, on Monday, the Fukushima prefecture nano nuclear power plant opened about 5 kilometers north of the Fukushima disaster site, the worst in the world since the Chernobyl accident in 1986.
The flat rectangular battery pack located at the bottom of each leaf chassis is transported by truck to the factory, where each module is evaluated.
Sumitomo Corporation has come up with a way to analyze all 48 modules contained in each battery pack within four hours, saving a lot of time than the 16-day Nissan engineers previously used for similar measurements.
Modules with a capacity of more than 80% are designated for the replacement of Leaf batteries;
Smaller modules are reassembled and sold as forklifts, golf carts and lower batteries
Energy applications such as street lights.
Makino said that the plant could handle 2,250 battery packs per year and initially planned to refill the "several hundred" battery packs each year, adding that from the latest Leaf model using different battery chemistry, whether the process can also be used for batteries.
With the sharp increase in the price of battery materials for key electric vehicles, including cobalt, nickel and lithium, more automakers are focusing on reuse and recycling, January, toyota Motor announced that it would work with a Japanese power company to explore such options.
Makino said that it is difficult for g4 to completely decompose and recycle electric vehicle batteries on its own, but may consider working with another company to recycle reusable materials, A process industry expert said that this is the key to the sustainable production of electric vehicle batteries.
"The second use may be a very good option, but at the end of the day, the battery still needs to be recycled," said Jeff sbangenberg, a researcher at the US energy system. S.
Argonne National Laboratory added that the profitability of the battery recycling business will depend on the high volatility in the price of component materials. ($1 = 105.