http://www.gizmag.com/ev-batteries-second-life-renault/40704/ Diesel Renault Trafic delivery van goes electric with recycled batteries December 2, 2015 Aaron Turpen
[image http://img-3.gizmag.com/renault-carwatt-cop21-3.jpg?auto=format&ch=Width%2CDPR&fit=crop&h=394&q=60&rect=68%2C3%2C1772%2C997&w=700&s=f2e667debf879f450c045ab456c5d8b4 Carwatt and the Paris City Council will be experimenting with Renault commercial vehicles converted into EV ... http://www.gizmag.com/ev-batteries-second-life-renault/40704/pictures Image Gallery (3 images) ] At the COP21 climate change summit currently taking place in Paris, a one-of-a-kind prototype Renault delivery van powered by second-life batteries taken from decommissioned electric cars is being showcased. The project is part of an initiative to show how used electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be repurposed before full recycling. The Renault Trafic EV was created by Paris-based startup Carwatt in partnership with Renault, the Paris City Council, BPI France, the Alès École des Mines Engineering School, and the Bobigny Business Campus. The van was formerly a diesel-powered Renault Trafic that has been converted to electric using batteries recycled from Renault electric cars. Over time, EV batteries degrade and slowly lose their storage capacity. Cars like the Renault Twizy or the Nissan Leaf can have their batteries degrade to 75 or 80 percent of capacity inside of a decade, depending on usage cycles. The more often an electric vehicle is charged and discharged (used), the faster its battery will degrade, with other factors, such as time, fluctuating environmental conditions, etc. also playing a part. Eventually, those batteries need to be replaced. The Carwatt idea is to put them to use as batteries in other electric vehicles, namely in urban commercial vehicles like the Trafic delivery van. Carwatt says that "the whole-lifecycle battery value is optimized through successive usages." The company is also conducting experiments on the potential for used batteries in power storage applications, which is something Nissan is already exploring with old Leaf batteries. The Paris City Council and Carwatt estimate that 94 percent of the city's urban delivery vehicles are currently diesel-powered and by converting them to electric when the lifecycle of the combustion engine is through, it would be possible to not only help clean the city's air, but to lower costs as well. Carwatt and the Paris City Council will be experimenting with Renault commercial vehicles converted to EV operation during 2016. [© gizmag.com] ... http://www.renault.com.au/vehicles/commercial/trafic/trafic/features-specifications Renault Trafic ice specs http://media.renault.com/global/en-gb/renaultgroup/Media/PressRelease.aspx?mediaid=73948 Carwatt presents a unique automotive application for second-life batteries from electric vehicles. December 02, 2015 | ID: 73948 ... https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/carwatt-presents-unique-automotive-application-second-life-batteries-electric-vehicles/ Carwatt presents a unique automotive application for second-life ... [December 02, 2015] On the sidelines of the COP21 summit, in the Solutions Gallery running from 2 to 9 December 2015 in Le Bourget near Paris, Carwatt and its ... ... http://www.zonebourse.com/RENAULT-4688/actualite/Renault--CARWATT-presente-la-seule-application-embarquee-pour-la-seconde-vie-des-batteries-de-vehic-21497613/ Renault : CARWATT présente la seule application embarquée pour la seconde vie des batteries de véhicules électriques. 02/12/2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Carwatt-Renault-converted-Trafic-ice-w-2nd-life-Renault-packs-tp4679076.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
