BMW Teams With Ford on Solid State Pouch Batteries

[G20 PHEV]

Hopefully, any new battery technology can be retro-fit to recent PHEV and EV's.

BTW, as a long-time Beemer & Bimmer owner, I do understand how naive (stupid) that statement is......

[antzcrashing]

Originally Posted by G20 PHEV

Hopefully, any new battery technology can be retro-fit to recent PHEV and EV's.

BTW, as a long-time Beemer & Bimmer owner, I do understand how naive (stupid) that statement is......

I can see a possibility of being able to not only select your hybrid battery pack size when the car is new but be able to swap a diff size (or new tech) battery later in its life. Not sure BMW will go that route though.

[G20 PHEV]

Originally Posted by antzcrashing

I can see a possibility of being able to not only select your hybrid battery pack size when the car is new but be able to swap a diff size (or new tech) battery later in its life. Not sure BMW will go that route though.

I can see it being technically feasible, even if the capacity is increased. If voltage and amperage can remain at current levels, the increased capacity should extend range.

[G20 PHEV]

Originally Posted by antzcrashing

I can see a possibility of being able to not only select your hybrid battery pack size when the car is new but be able to swap a diff size (or new tech) battery later in its life. Not sure BMW will go that route though.

Thinking about it a bit more..........this is a current feature on the Zero EV motorcycles. You can buy a larger capacity battery to get more range.

[David70]

Originally Posted by antzcrashing

I can see a possibility of being able to not only select your hybrid battery pack size when the car is new but be able to swap a diff size (or new tech) battery later in its life. Not sure BMW will go that route though.

I like the idea but we need the price of batteries to come down significantly to make it work. This article says the complete battery replacement on a Model 3 was $16k, even if half this amount the idea of upgrading my used car with a new battery for $8k would have me just trading it in for a new car.

https://www.currentautomotive.com/ho...%2013%20hours.

Then if batteries cost a lot less you would just get the best one available when you bought the car.