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Go-Green demonstrates a Fiat Doblo electric vehicle from Mikro-Vett fitted with Altairnano batteries enabling fast charging in 10 minutes for 75 km range. |
Micro-Vett Fiat Doblo |
The standard Micro-Vett Fiat Doblò uses a 43 kWh lead-acid battery pack, providing a range of 150 km (93 miles) in the urban duty cycle on a single charge; recharging takes 5-8 hours. The vehicle uses a 30 kW (60 kW peak) motor from Ansaldo Electric Drives. Coming soon after an announcement that EDF and Toyota plan to develop more EV charging stations, Green Car Congress1 reports on a successful test of AeroVironment high voltage, rapid charging stations. The Micro-Vett Fiat Doblò, “powered by a custom 18kWh Altairnano lithium-ion NanoSafe battery pack, traveled 300 kilometers (186 miles) in one day.” During the test, the custom battery pack was fully recharged three times. As with other quick recharge stations and vehicles with fast charging lithium batteries, recharge occurred in less than ten minutes using AeroViroments’ high voltage, 125kW rated, rapid charging system. GCC commentator Rafael Seidl observes that an urban delivery circuit with high voltage, rapid charging systems available makes sense for delivery fleets, Especially, he notes, for those companies that can afford such vehicles and charging stations… oh, and “train their staff in the safe handling of the cables and connectors associated with such high power levels.” [Via Jcwinnie.biz] |
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