Episode 56: 1st Advent

Advent episode with Jürgen Janek

Prelude to our Advent special!

In four episodes, Prof. Jürgen Janek (Justus Liebig University Giessen) answers the 24 best questions you asked us this year about electric cars, batteries or home storage. Professor Jürgen Janek answers the following questions:

• Is there enough lithium for all the future electric cars in the world?
• Can 1,000 km range be achieved for an electric car without charging?
• Will the concept of changing batteries from BEVs ("battery swapping") as pursued by NIO prevail?
• What cell chemistry will we see in electric cars in the next five years?
• In which state of charge should an e-car battery ideally be kept at several days/weeks of idle time?
• Is the future of BEVs perhaps in hybrid batteries from Li- and Na-Ion systems?