Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and 4R Energy Corporation have jointly developed a cargo system for electric vehicles that combines a solar energy generating system with high capacity lithium -ion batteries. The tests of this new system have started today at the headquarters of Nissan, in Yokohama.
With this new system, electricity is generated by solar cells installed at Nissan's headquarters and is stored in lithium -ion batteries equivalent to four Nissan Leaf units. With the seven load stations (three fast charge and four normal load) located in the headquarters of the headquarters, the total amount of electricity that can be generated and stored is equivalent to the complete load of 1,800 Nissan Leaf per year.
This new system will allow electric vehicles, which do not emit CO2, load through a fully renewable energy source. It is a solution to create a cycle in which CO2 emissions resulting from driving are equal to zero. When using the same lithium ion batteries of electric vehicles such as static storage batteries, electricity can also be supplied to these vehicles regardless of the time of day or the time it does, which allows a more efficient use of renewable energy sources.
