A new lithium-ion battery from Japanese industrial giant Toshiba is being touted as a “game-changer” and promises to give electric vehicles (EV) a drive range of 320 km after plugging in for a mere six minutes. This innovation is possible with the use of a new material that doubles the capacity of the anode in its proprietary Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB), using “ultra-rapid” charging.
The new SciB uses an anode made of titanium niobium oxide that stores lithium ions more efficiently, compared to the previous version that used a lithium titanium oxide anode. A prototype 50Ah SciB has passed rigorous testing, and Toshiba claims it retains more than 90 percent of its initial capacity after 5,000 charge/discharge cycles.
During testing, ultra-rapid charging of the SCiB only took 10 minutes in cold conditions, at temperatures as low as -10 degrees Centigrade. Toshiba is projecting a market launch of the SCiB in 2019, reports Market Business News.
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6 mins 320 km… 6 mins… berak belum habis. These are good news (not the berak part) that will surely boost the dev of better EVs. Once again it’s up to the Jepunis overlord.
He he he. U are Right that the Jepunis/Toshiba is the leader in electrical technology. Given the many innovation by Toshiba/Japan, we are able to enjoy easier life like cooling our rooms & moving our vehicles in the future. We need this Battery, FAST.
Now Tesla and Nissan should get Toshiba to supply or JV with them for battery production.
Jangan jadi macam Note 7 sudah. Otherwise it’s a great news and a big leap forward!
not bad leh. assuming you travel 26,000km per year, and you recharge every 250km (call it range anxiety), this works out to 104 charges per year. At 5000 charges, this battery is good for 48 years. The battery might outlast the car lol.
6 min charging can do 320km?
I wonder at what speed……at a sleep-inducing 45km/hr? to attain 320km distance?
read carefully, it says 320km/hr…not 45…
Its 320KM distance bro.
U are right to be skeptical when they did not mention how they got that figure. I’m confident by the time it’s available for the masses, it will be good for 320km if the EV is equipped with regenerating breaking power.
The average ev car nowadays can reach 300km per charge( full that is). And u know they dont run at 45km/hr. In fact they can run faster than most petrol driven cars. Its not like petrol engines that if you press on the accelerator more you use more petrol per km.
That range is stated for a small hatchback with a 32kWh battery (a small-ish pack). A larger heavier car will be less efficient but will also have a larger battery pack, upwards of 60kWh. So 300km is very typical of electric cars of every size. The range by Toshiba is the newer JC08, so as usual it is at a mix of urban (24km/h) and highway speeds of no more than 82km/h, which is more applicable to Japan and Asia in general. It’s the same standard used by the Prius and other Japanese cars. It is more optimistic than EPA, but EPA is quite pessimistic and their (USA) urban speed limits are higher than ours anyway, and they cater to heavy footers and commuters.
Imagine the same type battery used in phones will practically outlast the lifetime of the phone itself (5 years life of the phone if not obsolete) and charging for 30 sec to last for the whole day, Wow. I read about this tech being discovered about 2 years back. Somehow it was taken off the internet.