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"The Sion solar car, that is being billed by start-up Sono Motors as the solar
car “you can really afford“, will not only be able to harvest energy directly
from the sun thanks to solar cells integrated into its body, it will also be
able to charge other electric cars.
Sporting a 35kWh battery and up to 255km driving range, according to the WLTP
standard, Sono Motors says the Sion can also generate up to 35km driving range
solely from its integrated solar cells.
But the inclusion of two-way charging turns vehicles that have this capability
from simply a transport device in to, quite literally, a “battery on wheels”.
Known as “bidirectional charging” it is already possible to use energy stored
in EV batteries such as the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (plug-in
hybrid), and put that into the grid or home.
But the important difference with the Sion is that instead of using the CHAdeMO
plug standard favoured by the Japanese carmakers, it uses two AC Type 2
connectors."
Now that’s a cool feature.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
