Renault's Electric Dream - lithium ion battery pack

Renault is leading the way in charging electric vehicles, with four models coming soon.
Car companies meet with Renault Ireland to learn what French manufacturers will bring to the market in the coming years.
It looks interesting.
Renault has a new slogan, "sustainable mobility for all," in other words, Renault promises to make affordable electric vehicles (electric vehicles ).
To that end, the French company looks to be one of the world's largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries.
In terms of battery technology, lithium ion is the current Frontier and is essential in any electric vehicle.
Each electric Renault's 250 kg battery pack uses 3 kg lithium, with more than 15 tons of lithium on Earth (mainly in South America and China ).
The battery pack will have 10-
Life expectancy is five years old.
Unlike Nissan, its Leaf EV, you will buy your car for the same price as the equivalent diesel version, and then rent the battery pack every month.
This means that in the exchange center, you can also (theoretically) replace the flat battery with a fully charged one in just three minutes.
This makes the experience of electric vehicles more practical and helps to ease "remote anxiety", which is still the biggest reason against electric vehicles.
Back to the car: there are two prototypes available for testingdriving.
First rotate in Kangoo Express ZE van.
Kangoo is an ideal delivery tool for the town.
The power of the electric car version comes from the motor, which sits where you usually find the engine.
Sitting at the top of the motor is a control unit that regulates the current and manages the battery pack located under the back floor.
Like all electric cars, there is a forward gear and a reverse gear.
So, you will get a gas pedal and brake pedal, as well as very few other moving parts!
Due to landing here on 2011, Kangoo ZE is a very good drive.
Almost a quiet whisper in the cabin, the motor has a lot of torque-
The output number is the pull of 60bhp and 26nm.
If you work hard, the prototype will only charge a full fee of £ 100 km (only a few!
), But the current average range is 160 km.
With better battery technology, the series will be improved in the coming years.
Our van is empty but still feels calm, there is no sign of compromise or any strange driving feature behind the wheel of the left hand driving test car.
Then we entered.
It's a more refined, quieter way, I dare say (although electric cars have little noise, it's all relative ).
Fluence ZE has a greater power with a torque of 95 horsepower and 26nm.
When you press the throttle, all the power of the two cars is available from off, unlike the internal combustion engine which needs to increase the speed to provide peak power.
When you put the throttle down, the car is like a generator on the bike, recycling energy by regenerative braking.
In theory, you can complete most of the trip without much braking, because the regenerative braking has a strong deceleration effect on the vehicle.
The boots of the Fluence ZE prototype are stuffed with battery packs, but the length of the production car will be increased by 13 cm to provide 300-litre boot.
Renault will deliver Fluence ZE at the beginning of 2012, followed by a cool single-
Seats called 'Wiz' and Clio
This will be a "animal" of the size of a hatchback, although visually different from the cool coupé concept in the picture.
We are getting there slowly but surely, you know.