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Originally Posted by brad850csi
I’ll go out and say I really don’t care about the newest solid state battery tech for my primary car but instead I’m thinking could a 5-10kwh battery be located somewhere in every BMW using this new tech that doesn’t take up much space or add too much weight giving better performance and economy?
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What a novel idea! Maybe they should call that a hybrid?
In all seriousness BMW has plans to hybridize pretty much their entire lineup sometime in the next decade, not to mention 9 electric vehicles by 2025.
Btw current plug in hybrid 330e has 12-kW-hr battery, it is about 440 pounds heavier than the 330i. BMW says the battery weights around 330 pounds, and other hybrid components adds an additional 110 pounds.
If they can get 50% improvement in battery weight/performance the hybrid weight penalty will be less than 300lbs vs 440lbs currently. Or they can put twice as powerful battery for same weight -they can stuff a smaller 3 cylinder petrol engine, maybe even remove transmission too for weight savings.