What battery packs are available?
Sodium Nickel Chloride (“Zebra”) packs are used (which have 85kWh). This new technology delivers a fantastic range of 100 miles from a single overnight charge. Modec are already looking to enhance the technology further by using Lithium phosphate batteries in future models. Note that the range you get from a battery pack varies with duty cycle in the opposite way to a conventional diesel vehicle, i.e. you get better mileage when the vehicles is stopping and starting as opposed to at sustained high speed.
Option 1: “Zebra” batteries. This pack has an average range of 100 miles. The batteries are Sodium Nickel Chloride and have a capacity of 85kWh. Option 2: “Li-on” batteriers. The average range of this pack is 60 miles. The latest Lithium phosphate battery technology is proving popular with Modec customers. Remember: the removable Modec battery casette enables us to upgrade any vehicle as new technology becomes available. The quick battery exchange only takes 15 minutes, which means Modec customers don’t have to buy a new vehicle or suffer lengthy retro-fits every time technology improves. 85KWhr for 100 miles pulling 5tonnes is apparantly equivalent to Tesla’s light weight going fast for 240 miles with a 50KWHr batter. Better to run on electricty which can be generated in a variety of ways vs. buying and burning oil from dictatorships.
