MMC selects Toshiba's SCiB battery to power two new EVs
Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) has selected Toshiba's SCiB battery to power two new models of electric vehicles (EV), the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV.
The SciB is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that combines high levels of safety and is developed to meet demanding performance and safety criteria.
Lithium titanate oxide in the anode, the SCiB reduces the possibility of a puncture in the separator between the anode and cathode, so minimizing the risk of them coming into contact and short circuiting.
It maintains battery performance levels even in severe operating conditions, including very low temperatures.
Toshiba said that SCiB pushes the life of the lithium-ion battery to a new level by supporting 2.5 times more charge/discharge cycles than a typical lithium-ion battery, it reaches about 80% of full capacity in some 15 minutes, about 50% in 10 minutes and about 25% in 5 minutes.
The SCiB for MMC's new EV will be manufactured at the company's Kashiwazaki operations in Niigata prefecture, northwest Japan, a new facility dedicated to production of SCiB that came on line in February this year.
Toshiba will seek to establish a plant operating structure able to respond quickly to market growth as the basis for expanding the SCiB business for EV, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid EVs.
