{"id":136569,"date":"2022-03-09T02:24:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/power-suits-for-evs-promise-an-acceleration-and-25-range-boost"},"modified":"2022-03-09T02:24:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:24:53","slug":"power-suits-for-evs-promise-an-acceleration-and-25-range-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/power-suits-for-evs-promise-an-acceleration-and-25-range-boost","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPower suits\u201d for EVs promise an acceleration and 25% range boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/power-suits-for-evs-promise-an-acceleration-and-25-range-boost2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is an exciting branch of battery research that involves combining the strength and durability of next-generation materials with their energy storage potential. This could see car panels double as their batteries, for example, and in a new example of what this could look like scientists have developed a \u201cpower suit\u201d for electric vehicles that could not only extend their range, but give them a handy boost in acceleration at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes known as structural batteries, we\u2019ve seen some interesting recent advances in this space from research groups and even big-name automakers. Back in 2013, <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/volvo-battery-infused-structural-components\/29437\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Volvo<\/a> demonstrated carbon fiber body panels with energy storage potential, and we\u2019ve seen other teams show off <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/electric-car-panels-energy-storage\/34676\/\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">similar concepts<\/a> since. These projects sought to combine the high energy density of batteries with the ultra-fast discharge rates of supercapacitors, in materials strong enough to serve as a car\u2019s exterior.<\/p>\n<p>This new breakthrough continues this line of thinking, with scientists at University of Central Florida and NASA designing a new material featuring unique properties that allow for not just impressive energy storage potential, but also the strength needed to endure a car crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an exciting branch of battery research that involves combining the strength and durability of next-generation materials with their energy storage potential. This could see car panels double as their batteries, for example, and in a new example of what this could look like scientists have developed a \u201cpower suit\u201d for electric vehicles that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}