Anicet Mbida 06:54, June 28, 2022

Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume.

This Tuesday, he is interested in a considerable advance for electric vehicles.

We have finally developed batteries capable of doubling their autonomy, with around 1,000 kilometers on a single charge.

This morning, good news for electric cars.

We have finally developed batteries capable of doubling their autonomy.

We will be able to reach 1,000 km in a single charge.

In addition, we are not talking about futuristic batteries that only work in the lab.

These are batteries that are either already on the market, or about to be.

The first is offered by Our Next Energy.

It increases the range of a Tesla Model S from 650 to 1200 km on one charge.

So it doubles its autonomy.

And that only by changing the battery, which is completely new.

Autonomy officially measured by the EPA, that is to say with an average speed of 90 km / h.

How it is possible ?

With a fairly simple trick.

The battery has been split in two.

A first part optimized for performance, the one that gives power to the car.

While the other, slower, less efficient has been optimized to store a maximum of energy.

Its role is only to recharge the first battery, the one that gives the power.

And it works !

In mixed use, the autonomy is really multiplied by two.

On the other hand, if we only do the highway.

Or if you accelerate like crazy between each red light, this system can end up offering less autonomy.

It will drain the performance portion of the battery before it can be recharged.

This battery is already available?

Yes.

It is now offered as an option at Tesla.

And it's coming to BMW in the next few weeks.

We are also expecting a new battery at CATL early next year.

For the record, CATL is the world leader in batteries for electric vehicles.

He has just announced a new model, the Qirin, which breaks all energy density records.

And here again, autonomy is announced in excess of 1,000 km.

So obviously, these are top-of-the-range vehicles, manufacturer autonomy… But even if they have to be halved, we are still seriously approaching the autonomy of gasoline-powered cars.

Who knows ?

We may soon be done with the anxiety of battery failure.