Smart Travel recently learned that Our Next Energy (ONE), a battery company headquartered in Michigan, has cooperated with BMW and recently tested a new chemical battery pack. It is reported that the iX model equipped with a new chemical battery pack (which can be regarded as the current pure electric version of the X5) has a WLTP cruising range of 978.6 kilometers, which is about 75% higher than the cruising range of the original basic iX model.
It is reported that Our Next Energy (ONE) Battery Company relies on Gemini dual-chemistry battery technology to significantly improve the pure electric cruising range of BMW's iX model; and the battery pack also combines lithium iron phosphate batteries and high-density anode-free batteries, and The combination is claimed to create the longest-range electric vehicle battery pack of its size, using 20% less graphite and 60% less nickel and cobalt than lithium-ion batteries, and its overall cost is also There was a slight decline.
Currently Our Next Energy (ONE) battery company is looking to improve the battery to prepare it for commercialization. The company plans to improve the efficiency of the DC-DC converter, help integrate the two battery chemistries, and develop enhanced control algorithms to optimize Use of extended-range batteries. According to Jürgen Hildinger, head of new technologies for high-voltage storage at the BMW Group, "The more than 600 miles of range achieved by the BMW iX model equipped with Gemini is impressive. We enjoy working with the ONE team and look forward to taking the next steps together." At the same time. This means that all pure electric models launched by BMW in the future are expected to be equipped with new chemical battery packs, and their market prices will be further reduced to a great extent.
