electrive skrev:The choice fell on the Solaris Urbino 18 electric. While the model is available with battery capacities of up to 800 kWh (gross, 640 kWh net), providing a range of over 600 kilometres, Backhaus confirmed that the public transport company opted for the 576 kWh battery, which allows up to 270 kilometres. This is sufficient to operate the e-buses for 24 hours without recharging. “This way, long routes such as 72, 73 or 70 can also be served with the electric vehicles,” he said.
Östtyska Leipzig väljer elbussar med lägre batterikapacitet - mer behövs inte!
electrive skrev:So what counts as a low battery cell price? Ines Miller of consultancy P3 Group is an expert in all aspects of traction batteries for electric vehicles. In an analysis, she writes that the costs (note: not the final customer price) for the automotive industry were recently around 54 euros per kilowatt hour for LFP cell chemistry and 58 euros per kilowatt hour for NMC cell chemistry.
By comparison, in 2022, at the height of the speculative lithium boom and with raw material challenges due to the Covid pandemic, the figures were still 127 euros (LFP) and 140 euros (NMC).
The currency is thus euros per kilowatt hour (kWh), which is easy to grasp: for a Kia EV3 with 81 kWh and a range of over 600 kilometres, the manufacturer must invest around 4,700 euros. Back in 2015, Kia still offered the Soul EV, which had 27 kWh at the time. In a similar segment, energy content has therefore tripled in ten years!
Leipzig valde elbussar med en batterikapacitet på 576 kWh, d.v.s. 224 kWh mindre. Med ovanstående priser blir det en besparing på 13 000 euro. Är det värt?