Fast Company  Nissan Claims It Can Double EV Battery Range by
2015  nissan leaf  Battery life is the bane of of electric
vehicle manufacturers. At this point, batteries aren't advanced
enough for cars to go significant distances without either
switching out for a fresh battery or recharging at a designated
station. And as we've seen, it's hard to build out an EV
infrastructure without EVs on the road. Nissan, however, thinks
it has a solution: a new battery that can double an EV's range.
The battery, which is made of lithium nickel manganese cobalt
oxide cathode (say that five times fast), can go for 1,000
charges and has a range of 186 miles--double the range of
current batteries. Nissan also claims that it won't be any more
expensive than batteries already on the market.  None of this
will have much impact on owners of Nissan's upcoming Leaf EV,
since the car company plans to use a leasing system for its
batteries. That means EV owners won't have to pay when their
battery dies out, even if it has to be rep