WORLDWIDE NICKEL/IRON BATTERY DEVELOPMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS

Worldwide efforts to develop Ni/Fe batteries for EV applications are summarized. Research, development, and testing activities in the United States, France, West Germany, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Taiwan and Japan are described. Recent technology advances are discussed, and the present state-of-the-art capability summarized. Advanced Ni/Fe batteries have exhibited good performance and a service life of 50,000 to 100,000 miles is expected by most developers. Ni/Fe batteries have been tested extensively in electric vehicles in the USA, Japan, Western Europe, and the USSR with generally good results. The present R and D directions of the various developers are described.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Patil, P G
  • Walsh, W J
  • Miller, J F
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Electric vehicles; Nickel iron batteries; Performance; Research; Reviews; Service life
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475056
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-8610122-11
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM