Leapmotor wants to kill battery that all cars use

Hfor several decades that automobiles use essential low voltage auxiliary batteries, long before there are electric models. In the 1950s, 12 volts arrived, which are so common nowadays.

These are essential to power various features – glass, starter engine, airbags, air conditioning, outdoor and indoor lighting, screens, safety systems, windscreen wipers.

But in the future, could be redundant equipment – at least in electric cars. Leapmotor recently announced a new battery Cell-to-Chassis (CTC) 3.0 High and Low Voltage – where high and low voltage batteries rely on the same cells, modules, thermal management and energy distribution.

The battery can operate in low voltage, with a capacity and operation seven times higher in low voltage compared to the previous generation. Which leads the Chinese manufacturer to announce that the cars of his next generation will be “the first road vehicles in more than 70 years not to use an auxiliary lead-acid battery“.

This system, announced at Leapmotor Tech Day m Hangzhou (China), allows to dispense the traditional 12 volt battery and thus “eliminate tens of millions of lead-acid batteries per year” – with an important impact on pollution associated with its waste.

For the owner of the car, the system means that it is not necessary to replace the battery regularly and there are also no maintenance requirements.