« A battery does not want to be invited » – DiePresse.com
The battery, the unknown being: what you should know from security to recycling the core component of an electric car.
Do you have to know how an engine works to drive a car? You don’t have to. We can also make calls and send emails without really understanding what is going on. Especially with the electric car, or BV for short, basic knowledge would be advisable, because they concern dealing with the most important component of the vehicle: the battery. Proper use, and this is the same with other machines, decides on the lifespan of the energy storage (and therefore mostly the car).
For the purpose, we looked around in the « high-security wing » of Porsche, in the Weißach development center, 20 minutes by car from the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen main plant. Of the 7,500 employees who are available here, 80 percent are research and development. In Weißach, test routes are in operation and also a wind tunnel with eight meters of cross -section that sparks wind speeds of up to 300 km/h.
However, we are more interested in the hidden chambers in which high -voltage batteries are moved to. European car manufacturers move lithium ion cells mainly from Asian suppliers, then manufacture the modules and build the entire battery unit, including power electronics, for control and thermal management for temperature. The conception and production of crash security is also the responsibility of the car companies.
Porsche as a manufacturer of expensive cars may be more effort than other brands; However, the basic requirements are general. Starting with how a battery is tested for safety.
