NISSAN AND 4R ENERGY DEVELOP NEW EV CHARGING SYSTEM

摘要

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture estab-lished by Nissan and Sumitomo Corporation in September 2010, announced in July that they have developed a charging system for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) that combines a solar power gen-eration system with high capacity lithium ion batter-ies. Testing of the charging system has begun at Nissan's Global Headquarters in Yokohama.With the new charging system, electricity is gener-ated through solar cells and is stored in a lithium ion battery pack, which is equivalent in capacity to four units installed in Nissan LEAF BEVs. With seven charging stations—three quick charge and four normal charge—located in the headquarter grounds, the total electricity that can be generated and stored is the equivalent to fully charging ap-proximately 1,800 Nissan LEAFs annually.