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Range is an important metric for a purely electric vehicle. There are now many new architectures to improve battery energy density. A start-up company from Sweden, nanoFlowcell, announced an innovative technology in early years. Its nanoFlowcell® technology is a liquid electrolyte that can increase energy density, improve actual endurance performance of a vehicle, and achieve rapid energy replenishment. But in end, after a short flash in 2019, company seemed to disappear. And only recently a new development appeared. NanoFlowcell wanted to open a branch in USA and produce its electric models, thanks to which company was reborn.

The reason nanoFlowcell® technology can bypass limitations of traditional batteries is simply that it is not presented as "batteries" and stores liquid electrolytes (bi-10N) with positive and negative charge in two sets of batteries . containers, they will undergo ionic interactions through transducers, thereby converting chemical energy into electrical energy. The core of nanoFlowcell® technology is naturally an electrolyte that can be quickly charged and discharged by changing electrolyte to achieve or even surpass energy replenishment efficiency of traditional petroleum-fueled vehicles. The bi-10N can reportedly achieve a specific energy of 600Wh/L, which has clear advantages over traditional lithium battery models.

The company currently has two products: QUANT 48Volt and QUANTiNO 48Volt. The first is a four-seater GT sports car with gullwing doors. Pleasant impression. However, given that this car was released in 2017, some details do not seem popular, but a full internal LCD panel is being adopted in many new cars nowadays.

Its performance is also quite powerful. Referring to official data, it is equipped with four independent motors with a maximum output of 760 horsepower, and each wheel can provide a maximum torque of 2000 Nm. Based on performance data, it can complete acceleration from zero to 100 kilometers in 2.4s, and maximum speed can reach 300 km/h, and book data performance is good.

QUANTiNO 48Volt is more interesting. QUANTiNO is twenty-five last product of this model. Positioned as a small sports coupe. Fun.

The interior design is more interesting. The enveloping cockpit has a fair amount of screens. The unique handlebar shape isn't new these days, and it's also found on many models.

In terms of performance, this car is much more pragmatic, it is also equipped with a four-wheel motor electric drive system, but maximum power of each wheel is only 80 horsepower, but it can independently distribute torque of different wheels, which will greatly improve dynamic performance of wheel. Battery life is the biggest advantage of this car. After being equipped with two 125-liter bi-ION containers, it can theoretically provide a range of more than 2000 km, which will be quite good cruising data.

Summary

For time being, it seems quite attractive. After all, nanoFlowcell® technology seems to have fundamentally solved energy recovery efficiency and range problems of electric vehicles. However, like many new technologies, nanoFlowcell® technology still has a long way to go. go, come and go. The biggest issue is undoubtedly cost, nanoFlowcell did not list price of these electrolytes, which means that if cost of these fluids is not profitable, practicality of this concept will be greatly reduced. The second is issue of auxiliary capacity. While nanoFlowcell is currently committed to building factories in North America and facilitating construction of electrolyte "refuellings", it appears that it is too early at present and infrastructure construction alone will cost a lot of money. much money. . Although the nanoFlowcell® technology looks beautiful, it seems that it is still far from being mass-produced.