http://www.greenadvisor.com/business/virginia-tech-wins-ecocar-competition-with-an-extended-range-electric-vehicle/ Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.greenadvisor.com/business/virginia-tech-wins-ecocar-competition-with-an-extended-range-electric-vehicle/#comment-4569 Molly Sun, 20 May 2012 00:36:36 +0000 http://www.greenadvisor.com/?p=2480#comment-4569 Why do people cotninue to insist that NiMH batteries are able to completely discharged while Li-ion batteries aren’t? The Battery section of this article states that the 13 kWh of a NiMH battery pack would be completely accessible, while only 8.8 kWh of the Volt’s proposed 16 KWh battery pack is accessible. ALL batteries are damaged by deep discharges, the NiMH just like the Li-ion. If the NiMH batteries were continually discharged to 0% SOC, one would find quite quickly that the capacity would drop dramatically. Also, adding another 200 lb of battery weight would increase the amount of power needed to propel the car, meaning that the assumed 65 mile all-electric regime (with deep discharges of the NiMH batteries) is an overestimate.

]]>