Yes, that's the European Battery's upcoming factory in Varkaus, Finland. The EB has licenced the K2 technology. According to their CEO, not a perfect technology, but the best option at the market right now.
There's a long story to this.. It was actually Mr. Jukka Järvinen who originally made a BMS innovation, patented it and got up and running the company called Finnish Electric Vehicle Technology. Now the big investors behind the FEVT have formed the EB to use FEVT's BMS and other tech, licencing the battery tech from the K2 and aiming to sell integrated solutions. Jukka is also the man who originally set out the idea of a modular mass conversion..
For the eCorolla, we also asked FEVT's offer for the BMS, but they delivered only after the deadline. (And the price was around 5000 euros, while Lithium Balance offered around 2200 euros. Well, LB has turned out to be a disappointment..)
I have an understanding that they are going to produce good quality, but at expensive price. Selling EB/K2 batteries to Uusikaupunki factory in Finland for Th!nks and Fisker Karma's would seem like a logical option.
It looks like we get better prices from TS for the moment. If the government would subsidize the batteries to make them cheaper than TS, it would increase the GDP, exports, employment and save on gas consumption. Finland is one of the leading countries in electric car production of the world and should seek continously for solutions in order to maintain the lead. In any case I would imagine such idea could be approved in Finland, a country where the correct thing to do is over the size of one's pocket.
Congratulations to all the PUSHERS of electric vehicles!
Alex
El 15/01/2010, a las 11:19, Jiri Räsänen escribió:
> Yes, that's the European Battery's upcoming factory in Varkaus, Finland. > The EB has licenced the K2 technology. According to their CEO, not a perfect technology, but the best option at the market right now.
> There's a long story to this.. It was actually Mr. Jukka Järvinen who originally made a BMS innovation, patented it and got up and running the company called Finnish Electric Vehicle Technology. Now the big investors behind the FEVT have formed the EB to use FEVT's BMS and other tech, licencing the battery tech from the K2 and aiming to sell integrated solutions. > Jukka is also the man who originally set out the idea of a modular mass conversion..
> For the eCorolla, we also asked FEVT's offer for the BMS, but they delivered only after the deadline. (And the price was around 5000 euros, while Lithium Balance offered around 2200 euros. Well, LB has turned out to be a disappointment..)
> I have an understanding that they are going to produce good quality, but at expensive price. Selling EB/K2 batteries to Uusikaupunki factory in Finland for Th!nks and Fisker Karma's would seem like a logical option.
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