Rent for electric vehicle batteries

Rent for electric vehicle batteries

Battery technology is undoubtedly the core of the development of power electric vehicles. As the Chevrolet Volt lithium-ion batteries on board the heap, a global provider CPI (Compact Power, Inc for short) the chief executive, Michel haka • Jayant Patel to become General Motors' 2030 "Sustainable Transportation series of forums, the third "electrification - the future driving force" necessary to guests. Required to reduce the cost of battery technology changes business models and LG car batteries in China's development, Jayant Patel accepted the NetEase car interview.

In addition to the traditional production and technology development to promote cost reduction, Jayant Patel that the reduction in battery cost can go the third way, that is to change the business model. On this issue, Jayant Patel in-depth exposition. He said that the technology and raw material costs are relatively fixed under the premise of change in business model is to reduce the cost of electric vehicle battery as well as a very important aspect.

Lithium-ion battery life of about 8 to 10 years, but the traditional business model, customers purchase the electric cars will have a battery, battery life and the life of both the electric car is not tied to maximize battery life, which Battery recycling will undoubtedly cause some damage, there is no way to get more people to the residual value.

He believes that we can create a separate battery distribution company, the company has ownership of the battery, then it can be rented to customers the battery, this will help us to lift the limitations of the current business model. With the

Scale increases, the battery is more reasonable distribution of the company's operations, the user can gradually eliminate the problem for the warranty, transaction costs and other content concerns. Charges for customers can be gradually reduced naturally.

Of course, with the continuous development of this business model, the battery distribution company's business can continue to expand, they can conduct business, such as battery exchange. So many customers are able to effectively reduce the need to invest in high maintenance and learning cost. Distribution company to be secured by the battery, you can effectively eliminate the final customer for the battery warranty concerns.

Of course, now all the new business model is still in the exploratory stage, but it certainly is useful in the future potential, is used to help us reduce the cost of lithium-ion battery.

Once the large demand, LG can quickly set up factories in China

BYD battery and the general public have the information in co-operation in China, as the battery supplier, CPI is considering setting up factories in China to improve efficiency. Jayant Patel said, so that electric cars on the market to obtain the final

Success of the first is to provide a suitable battery technology, and if the value of technology. The technology itself is the most important choice. Therefore, the assumption that the premise of the battery technology is mature, set up a production plant location is not very

Important.

Moreover, labor costs account for battery production is still relatively small proportion, it is relatively high automation of the production process, any hope for battery production in certain developing countries, in any country selected for the battery

Production are likely. Current CPI in China has not set the car battery manufacturer, the most important thing with a smaller demand on the Chinese market. However, if in the future with the further development of electrification, if once the

Are large-scale demand, CPI in China will consider setting vehicle battery manufacturing plant.

The establishment of such a manufacturing plant is not a long time. For example, CPI in the United States had just built a factory, to provide batteries for the Chevrolet Volt production by 2013 can be

To the normal operation of the. In addition, LG actually has a battery in Nanjing manufacturing facility, the key is for the consumer electronics battery production. With such a premise, in China to build a car battery health

Production factory, it becomes much easier. The view of the car battery factory set up in China market is still high, do not take a long time, so the LG thing is to focus on China demand changes.

According to the latest foreign information, LG automotive battery business will add two or three in South Korea this year, overseas vehicle plant users. LG Chem lithium battery business is currently a total of seven vehicle assembly plant customers, namely Hyundai Kia set

Group, Korea Electric car maker CT & T, General Motors, Ford, Eaton, China Changan Automobile and Volvo. As for the newly added users will directly affect China's battery market demand, so that push

Moving CPI LG factory in China will have to wait for further confirmation of the news.