Batteries are the main influence in the development of electric vehicles.
The only battery
Numerous companies are working on alternative types of battery, trying to make the breakthrough that will allow the electric vehicle to compete realistically with the internal combustion engined vehicles. This basically means the charging of batteries and the range vehicles can cover between charges.
that is commercially viable at high volume is still the lead-acid type.
The most popular types of battery are:
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Nickel Metal Hydride
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Sodium Nickel chloride
Other
battery types include:
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Nickel Zinc
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Lithium Iron Sulphide
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Zinc Air
Something Different
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Vanadium These batteries are different as they can be recharged by replacing the electrolyte.
Something New
Lithium Sulphur battery has promise of high energy density.
All of these different battery types
have different specifications and offer various levels of performance.
The table compares some of their characteristics and states at
what stage of development they are at in terms of production availability.
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