second life electric vehicle battery Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:15:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 First Quick-Charge Stations Built from Second-Life EV Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-stor-charger-germany-belgium-20170901/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-stor-charger-germany-belgium-20170901/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:15:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64056 To support the efforts of Group Renault’s extension of EV batteries’ life cycle, the two first-in-the-world quick-charge stations were built in Belgium and Germany, envisioned to increase charging options for electronic vehicles in locations where installation of high power connection to grids is highly expensive. The technology is part of the E-STOR energy storage program […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-stor-charger-germany-belgium-20170901/feed/ 0 64056 Researchers Study How Electric Car Batteries Could Get Second Life After Losing Capacity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-car-batteries-second-life-20110428/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-car-batteries-second-life-20110428/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:42:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18259 Officially, car batteries are supposed to have a life span of 8 to 10 years, or at least that's what engineers are trying to achieve. They do have to admit that charge after charge, the battery is not the same any longer: for example, the Chevrolet Volt's battery will probably lose about 60 to 65% of its initial capacity, according to GM.

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