4MN TO CHARGE A 100% ELECTRIC RACE CAR
This summer, KENNOL and InMotion broke the World Record of recharging time for an electric vehicle. “Revolution” is the name of this electric racing prototype. It is also the word that describes the best what has been achieved here, thanks to InMotion technology and KENNOL cooling fluids: recharging in 3 minutes and 56 seconds!
▌INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
Based on a Ginetta G58 prototype, this racing car is completely innovative in terms of battery recharging. It has been completely rethought by KENNOL-sponsored engineering program at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. This InMotion teams and engineering program are aimed at one goal: to create “electric refueling”. These last years, they have succeeded in developing a technology that cools down the batteries when charging. So that they can be recharged in the same time it takes to fill up a petrol car. With the help of KENNOL products, which led to the creation of great coolants such as the KENNOL COOLANT E-FLUID -37 or its hybrid counterpart the KENNOL COOLANT H-FLUID -35.
The coolant solution we use is still the KENNOL mix, and it works pretty well!
InMotion
Since that new World Record, it takes the car less than 4mn to charge. With a charging power of 322kW and a total charging capacity of 29.2kWh, this car would have a range of around 250 km and reach a top speed of 300 km/h. That’s huge and thin at the same time. But you have to think about it in the perspective of a racing car! Its petrol version drinks more than 50 liters for 100km (4.7mpg).
▌A STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
The battery itself consists of 8 battery modules, each containing 48 cells. In order to recharge this battery pack quickly, InMotion has developed its own cell cooling system, consisting of two separate loops. The first loop extracts heat from the battery modules by circulating a KENNOL fluid through the battery pack. The second loop consists of a refrigeration system similar to an air-conditioning system, which is used to extract the heat from the first loop.
This refrigeration system keeps the batteries at their optimum temperature, even if the outside temperature is higher. Ideally, InMotion would like to showcase this technology at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, thanks to the Garage 56 category (dedicated at ground-breaking innovations in the automotive fields), in order to test this Revolution prototype under the toughest conditions. And keep pushing the boundaries, now that it takes humans less than 4mn to charge a car.
