DougWantsALeaf said:Tony
Able to do the driving test yet?
kubel said:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcko4dxFxuk[/youtube]
Hyundai/Kia seems to really be into automating a lot of their assembly, more so than most other automakers.TomT said:Amazing how automated this is compared to the MB B Class EV production line video!
Toyota's apparently been backing away from extensive automation at least at one of their plants, like the one mentioned at http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/18/news/international/toyota-factory-japan-asia.fortune/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.If you want to see mass production instead w/tons of robots, esp. doing the welding and inspections of the welds, check out Ultimate Factories: Camaro or Factory Floor with Marshall Brian on a Hyundai plant (Factory Floor | Car, Pasta, Snow Blower, Compound Bow | National Geographic Channel) when it's rerun. The amount of automation at that Hyundai plant is beyond what I've seen of any plant I've toured (NUMMI, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota plants in Japan, and a Ford plant).
...The 282 lb battery...
...In an industry that almost solely relies on fairly normal lithium-ion batteries, Kia has opted for 360-volt lithium-ion polymer accumulators (or “batteries” in layman’s speak). A quick hunt on the Internet revealed that this polymer technology is safer in the event of overload, but its capacity and longevity is reduced...
That comes to just over 200Wh/kg, which seems reasonable.edatoakrun said:...The 282 lb battery...
I don't know about safety, but I do know that these things do not handle over-discharge well. They blow up like a balloon when that happens and lose a lot of capacity.edatoakrun said:...In an industry that almost solely relies on fairly normal lithium-ion batteries, Kia has opted for 360-volt lithium-ion polymer accumulators (or “batteries” in layman’s speak). A quick hunt on the Internet revealed that this polymer technology is safer in the event of overload, but its capacity and longevity is reduced...
RegGuheert said:I do know that these things do not handle over-discharge well. They blow up like a balloon when that happens and lose a lot of capacity.
It's a 27 kWh battery. At 200Wh/kg., that's 135 kg. or 297 lb., but that's just for the cell weight. Add the pack framing, cooling etc. and it will be considerably more. Some details of the pack (not the weight) can be found here:RegGuheert said:That comes to just over 200Wh/kg, which seems reasonable.edatoakrun said:...The 282 lb battery...
Well, at least some good news is they said they were able to do 0-60 mph in 9 seconds, instead of the advertised 11. I was pretty turned off when I first saw that specification a few months ago.edatoakrun said:Canadian test drive report on the Soul EV below:
2015 Kia Soul EV: Best Range in Class!
http://www.guideautoweb.com/en/articles/25624/2015_kia_soul_ev_best_range_in_class/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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