The small range of electric cars compared to cars with internal combustion engine is still one of the problems inhibiting the spread of these cars. Range extenders (RE) in general are the realistic possibility to increase the range of electric cars in the near future without the need to improve the technology of the main battery storage. This paper describes an alternative type of RE for electric cars. Its aim is to enlarge the range in special situations and not for the daily use. A stody [I] shows that a range of 100 km per dsy is suitable for 90 % of the dsily trips of a year in Germany. The electric car MUTE is designed to work as regional used car mainly for dtiving to work and for shopping. Range extension for a regional used car is necessary in special situations like dtiving around road works or traffic jams, which is the aim of this RE. Utilizing the zincair technology as RE makes a folly electric car with zero eruission feasible. This contribution shows that a zinc air RE with an energy content of 4 kWh and a peak power of 4 kW is feasible to increase the range of regional used electric cars even if the RE is activated at a state of charge (SOC) of the main battery which is below 10 %.
Alternative Range Extender for Electric Cars – Zinc Air Batteries
Conference on Future Automotive Technology ; Kapitel : 1 ; 3-18
01.01.2013
16 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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