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  2. Electric cars in winter: How cold weather affects EV range ...

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    Battery temperature can affect EV charge speed (PA Archive) ... in this case energy is pushed back into the battery by the motors as a car coasts or brakes – it will work less well when cold ...

  3. Cold-energy battery - Wikipedia

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    A cold-energy battery utilizes the properties of an advanced phase-change material (PCM) to maintain temperature as battery thermal management. As with a standard electrical battery, a cold energy battery stores energy and releases depending on the energy demand on it. It can then be recharged by placing in a temperature environment conducive ...

  4. Electric vehicle battery - Wikipedia

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    Nissan Leaf cutaway showing part of the battery in 2009. An electric vehicle battery is a rechargeable battery used to power the electric motors of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) or hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). They are typically lithium-ion batteries that are designed for high power-to-weight ratio and energy density.

  5. Flow battery - Wikipedia

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    A typical flow battery consists of two tanks of liquids which are pumped past a membrane held between two electrodes. [1]A flow battery, or redox flow battery (after reduction–oxidation), is a type of electrochemical cell where chemical energy is provided by two chemical components dissolved in liquids that are pumped through the system on separate sides of a membrane.

  6. Lithium-ion flow battery - Wikipedia

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    A lithium-ion flow battery is a flow battery that uses a form of lightweight lithium as its charge carrier. [1] The flow battery stores energy separately from its system for discharging. The amount of energy it can store is determined by tank size; its power density is determined by the size of the reaction chamber.

  7. Capacity loss - Wikipedia

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    Capacity loss or capacity fading is a phenomenon observed in rechargeable battery usage where the amount of charge a battery can deliver at the rated voltage decreases with use. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2003 it was reported the typical range of capacity loss in lithium-ion batteries after 500 charging and discharging cycles varied from 12.4% to 24.1% ...

  8. Power-to-weight ratio - Wikipedia

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    Total energy delivered from a single charge cycle is affected by both the battery temperature and the power it delivers. If the temperature lowers or the power demand increases, the total energy delivered at the point of "discharge" is also reduced. Battery discharge profiles are often described in terms of a factor of battery capacity. For ...

  9. Grid energy storage - Wikipedia

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    The amount of energy stored (as set by the size of the tanks) can be adjusted separately from the power output (as set by the speed of the pumps). [26] Flow batteries have the advantages of low capital cost for charge-discharge duration over 4 h, and of long durability (many years).