EnerDel updates electric vehicle battery portfolio

Preparing for investor meetings

EnerDel has updated its lithium battery plans for upcoming investor meetings. EnerDel plans to develop two types of lithium-ion batteries for automobile use. High power batteries will be used for hybrid vehicles, and high energy batteries for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

According to Green Car Congress, "Ener1 is using two different sets of electrode materials for each type. In the HEV batteries, the company is using a lithium manganese spinel (LiMn₂O₄-spinel, LMO) for its cathode material, and a lithium titanate (Li₄Ti₅O₁₂, LTO) for the anode material. The energy batteries (PHEV and EV) are based on a layered lithium metal oxide cathode—LiNiCoMnO₂—and a hard-carbon anode."