Moving ahead on this journey of editorials focusing primarily on electric vehicles, then expanding to lithium-ion batteries, trying to establish and get a sense of what really lies behind the headlines of the exponential growth this industry has seen over the last five years approximately, this particular article will focus on the fuel source that has led to nearly 7.2 million EVs on the roads, globally. A slight detailed analysis, keeping ourselves at the shallow end of the technical details. As always, global news updates will also be a part of this article.
So just like electric vehicles, the rise of lithium-ion batteries for bigger applications, I must stress, also came to forth over the last five years or so. Countless number of man hours invested in RnD, focusing on material chemistry, design, operational performance/integrity, assembly and application robustness, has today as we speak, made millions of homes, offices and industrial facilities a virtual power plant(VPP). A key component of the entire concept behind smart cities. Moreover, brought inverter manufacturers under the lithium-ion battery umbrella. Nowadays, battery and inverter OEMs work together as strategic partners by ensuring product compatibility /inter-connectivity. This plays to the end users advantage as they have multiple qualitative options available when choosing a solar plus storage system for themselves. Across the electric vehicles spectrum, whether it’s a sedan or SUV model, the battery sizes more or less fall in the range of 30kwh-90kwh per unit vehicle. On a full single charge, that’s offering a range of up to an estimated 300 miles. Give it a 10% tolerance limit based on different terrains which vary from one country to another, intra-city commute which is a major contributor to poor air quality within urban centers seems to have found an alternative.
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