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06/04/2020 at 04:50 • Filed to: Late night Oppo, Toyota, EV-30, electric, carsoftumblr, c1987

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Toyota EV-30 concept (c1987)

a small electric prototype with zinc-bromide batteries.

it was designed for use in shopping malls or at resorts.


DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! Rufant > pip bip - choose Corrour
06/04/2020 at 06:04

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R eminds me vaguely of...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5









Kinja'd!!! user314 > pip bip - choose Corrour
06/04/2020 at 09:22

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Z inc-bromide batteries? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of those before.

To Wikipedia !

Drawbacks include:

The need to be fully discharged every few days to prevent zinc dendrites that can puncture the separator.

The need every 1–4 cycles to short the terminals across a low-impedance shunt while running the electrolyte pump, to fully remove zinc from battery plates.

Low areal power (<0.2 W/cm 2 ) during both charge and discharge, which translates into a high cost of power

Yeah, I can see how that’s bad for a consumer product.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > user314
06/04/2020 at 09:29

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that won’t end well for some consumers.


Kinja'd!!! user314 > pip bip - choose Corrour
06/04/2020 at 09:47

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Yeah, considering how many people have issues changing oil or even filling windshield washer fluid, asking them to “short the terminals across a low-impedance shunt while running the electrolyte pump” seems like asking for trouble.  


Kinja'd!!! facw > user314
06/04/2020 at 11:17

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Seems like you could do the battery maintenance automatically especially for applications where there would be a known downtime (overnight or whatever).