Developing battery technology for hybrid and electric powertrains
· Lithium-ion batteries have potential to reach 280 Wh/kg energy density · Batteries twice as powerful as current ones due in next five years from Bosch · Electric vehicle batteries have more than one lifetime · Automated driving could change battery technology Today’s lithium-ion batteries, for example, have to be designed to run for at least 150,000 kilometres and to last up to 15 years. Even then, after spending all this time in the car, the battery still has to possess 80 percent of its original storage capacity and performance. Within the next five years, Bosch