Battery prices.
Tesla is buying its cells from Panasonic for only 150 dollars per kWh, reckons Dirk Uwe Sauer from Aachen University’s Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems group.
reneweconomy.com.au
DELFIN project, Falling prices for EV batteries.
More service, more EVs: The DELFIN project is a joined effort between the renowned German research institutes KIT, Fraunhofer IAO and RWTH Aachen university. The researchers aim to develop services designed to further the uptake of electric cars. Customer support is one topic, IT services another. Furthermore, the conglomerate is working on a forecast of future market trends. The project is part of the “Dienstleistungsinnovationen für Elektromobilität” (Innovations in services for e-mobility) initiative funded by the German ministry of education and research.
idw-online.de (In German), emobility-services.com (Project’s webpage in German)
Disruptive price drop: The editors from Cleantechnica.com bolster up the much discussed article of ABB’s director of e-mobility, Hans Streng, with more facts, figures and opinions collected online. Streng’s original piece describes falling prices for EV batteries and predicts this trend as continuous and exponential, thus having enormous effects on the EV market in the near future.
cleantechnica.com
INRIX, BMW, Renault, Battery prices.
Intermodal navigation: INRIX partners with BMW to introduce their intermodal information system that integrates local public transport data into the on-board navigation. The system will be used in the i3 and i8. It informs drivers about alternative public transport connections and will reroute the driver considering the current traffic and range status.
greencarcongress.com
Renault Zoé Next Two: The French carmaker just announced the next stage of testing of its autonomous electric car. The completely connected Zoé “Next Two” is set to be out on the roads already this year in preparation for bringing it to the market from 2018.
technologicvehicles.com
Battery price speculations: Savvy internet users and EV fans have tracked replacement batteries for the Chevy Volt listed at a retail price of 144.12 USD (105.80 EUR) per kWh. Hence, questions arose on how much these batteries actually cost GM. Has the magical line of 200 USD/kWh (147 EUR/kWh) McKinsey predicted for 2020 been crossed already?!
cleantechnica.com
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