Sony is going to li-ion batteries for electric cars produce. Sony expects this market to the middle of this decade to enter and has already developed a prototype. The batteries would also find their way into hybrid cars.
According to Sony its battery a long life, so that they will not soon need to be replaced. That makes them, according to the company ideally suited for use in electrically powered vehicles. According to Sony, there will in the future increasingly look at the total cost of an electric car over the entire lifetime of the vehicle.
The prototype of Sony’s li-ion battery is a flat version with a size of 257 at 182mm. According to Tech-On, it was at the announcement of the entrance on the ev-battery-market is not allowed to take pictures of the battery and also the thickness of the laminated li-ion battery is still unknown. Sony is also developing a accuvariant in cylindrical shape. The capacity of the Sony battery is not disclosed.
Sony emphasized, however, that the capacity of its li-ion batteries, only a few reduces with frequent charge and discharge. The Japanese company says in conversation with various automobile manufacturers at home and abroad for the supply of the li-ion accupakketten, but mentioned no names of interested companies. Except in all electric powered cars like the Nissan Leaf, the batteries in hybrid cars are used.
