EV battery life Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 2019 BMW i3 Autonomy – Over 350km on a Charge https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2019-bmw-i3-autonomy-20180724/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2019-bmw-i3-autonomy-20180724/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:24:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66419 A new BMW i3 and i3s model is expected to launch towards the end of this year and the beginning of next year, boasting an increase in range. The i3 120Ah will have a bigger capacity battery pack and, according to NEDC, will have a standard range of over 350 km, around 217 miles. The […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2019-bmw-i3-autonomy-20180724/feed/ 0 66419 Vanadium Oxide and Graphene Ribbons Increase EV Battery Lifespan https://www.greenoptimistic.com/vanadium-oxide-graphene-ribbons-ev-battery-lifespan-20130326/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/vanadium-oxide-graphene-ribbons-ev-battery-lifespan-20130326/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:28:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35355 One concern of electric vehicle owners is battery lifespan, which could cost many thousands of dollars to replace, but a new development by Rice University could increase the lifespan of these expensive components. Rice University researchers have been looking into the electrical and ionic characteristics of vanadium oxide and graphene. While oxides are slow to […]

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