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Volkswagen’s Winterkorn: “great potential” in solid-state batteries, with possible 1,000 Wh/l, or 700 km range

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Current Li-ion batteries, with about 260 Wh/l are enabling a range of some 190 km (118 miles), he said. However, even “ Increasing the specific energy of lithium-ion cells to as much as 380 Wh/l will reduce driving range drawbacks.”. All-solid-state Li-ion batteries have suffered from limited power densities until recently.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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is going on sale in mid-October, followed by the e-Golf launch in the spring of 2014 (in Germany). A compact electric motor (60 kW / 82 PS and 210 Nm starting torque), the lithium-ion battery integrated into the floor and the power electronics form the hub of the new high-tech car’s drive system. Li-ion battery.