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Nano Flowcell liquid-battery car shortly driven by outsider
NanoFlowcell Quantino concept
Nano Flowcell Holdings hasn’t been bashful about promoting its flow-cell battery technology.
It’s displayed flashy concept cars at numerous auto shows, suggesting bold spectacle claims for what it said were near production-ready designs.
But the company doesn’t seem to have given outsiders any significant time behind the wheel of any of its prototype cars—until now.
In a session at the TCS test track near Zurich, Switzerland, British car magazine Autocar was able to verify that Nano Flowcell’s pair of prototypes are real, drivable cars, albeit that was about it.
Nano Flowcell has thus far built and shown two cars to demonstrate its technology: the Quant FE sedan and the smaller Quantino coupe.
Both are certified for testing on public roads in Germany, and are described as “beautifully built.”
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
In place of conventional lithium-ion battery packs, flow-cell cars carry tanks packed with positive and negative liquid electrolytes.
They react inwards the flow cell to produce electro-stimulation that powers electrical motors to turn the wheels, just as in a battery-electric or hydrogen fuel-cell car.
The Quant FE features gullwing doors and one electrified motor for each wheel. Nano Flowcell has said they produce a combined 1,075 horsepower.
In the specification sampled by Autocar, the Quantino features a single electrical motor powering the rear wheels, and a 48-volt electrical system.
It boasts one hundred six hp and one hundred forty eight pound-feet of torque, enough for zero to sixty two mph in under Five.0 seconds, and a top speed of one hundred twenty four mph, according to NanoFlowcell.
The company now says an unnamed “large manufacturer that is not German” has voiced interest in putting the Quantino into production.
NanoFlowcell Quantino concept
British testers found that the Quantino drove like puny battery-electric cars, with instantly-available torque and noticeably strong regenerative braking.
The prototype borrows components like interior fittings from the BMW 2-Series, and has its flow cell mounted where the rear seats would be in a production model.
Its pair of 159-liter (42-gallon) tanks provide a claimed range of over six hundred miles, however it says the planned production model will have smaller 85-liter (22.4-gallon) tanks.
Flow-cell cars would require a network of packing stations to replenish their electrolyte tanks, but Nano Flowcell claims they would be a more convenient option than battery-electric cars.
Fueling station with twin-nozzle pump for bismuth-ion electrolyte solutions [NanoFlowcell]
It says flow-cell cars could be refilled with electrolyte in far less time than it takes to charge an electrical car, and that infrastructure would be comparatively lighter to develop.
However, so far it has not suggested many details about how that could be accomplished.
Nonetheless, the company remains another example of the growing innovation around zero-emission vehicle technologies—whether or not it ultimately completes up in production.
Nano Flowcell liquid-battery car shortly driven by outsider
Nano Flowcell liquid-battery car shortly driven by outsider
NanoFlowcell Quantino concept
Nano Flowcell Holdings hasn’t been timid about promoting its flow-cell battery technology.
It’s displayed flashy concept cars at numerous auto shows, suggesting bold spectacle claims for what it said were near production-ready designs.
But the company doesn’t seem to have given outsiders any significant time behind the wheel of any of its prototype cars—until now.
In a session at the TCS test track near Zurich, Switzerland, British car magazine Autocar was able to verify that Nano Flowcell’s pair of prototypes are real, drivable cars, albeit that was about it.
Nano Flowcell has thus far built and shown two cars to demonstrate its technology: the Quant FE sedan and the smaller Quantino coupe.
Both are certified for testing on public roads in Germany, and are described as “beautifully built.”
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
In place of conventional lithium-ion battery packs, flow-cell cars carry tanks packed with positive and negative liquid electrolytes.
They react inwards the flow cell to produce electrical play that powers electrical motors to turn the wheels, just as in a battery-electric or hydrogen fuel-cell car.
The Quant FE features gullwing doors and one electrified motor for each wheel. Nano Flowcell has said they produce a combined 1,075 horsepower.
In the specification sampled by Autocar, the Quantino features a single electrical motor powering the rear wheels, and a 48-volt electrical system.
It boasts one hundred six hp and one hundred forty eight pound-feet of torque, enough for zero to sixty two mph in under Five.0 seconds, and a top speed of one hundred twenty four mph, according to NanoFlowcell.
The company now says an unnamed “large manufacturer that is not German” has voiced interest in putting the Quantino into production.
NanoFlowcell Quantino concept
British testers found that the Quantino drove like puny battery-electric cars, with instantly-available torque and noticeably strong regenerative braking.
The prototype borrows components like interior fittings from the BMW 2-Series, and has its flow cell mounted where the rear seats would be in a production model.
Its pair of 159-liter (42-gallon) tanks provide a claimed range of over six hundred miles, tho’ it says the planned production model will have smaller 85-liter (22.4-gallon) tanks.
Flow-cell cars would require a network of packing stations to replenish their electrolyte tanks, but Nano Flowcell claims they would be a more convenient option than battery-electric cars.
Fueling station with twin-nozzle pump for bismuth-ion electrolyte solutions [NanoFlowcell]
It says flow-cell cars could be refilled with electrolyte in far less time than it takes to charge an electrified car, and that infrastructure would be comparatively lighter to develop.
However, so far it has not suggested many details about how that could be accomplished.
Nonetheless, the company remains another example of the growing innovation around zero-emission vehicle technologies—whether or not it ultimately completes up in production.
Nano Flowcell liquid-battery car shortly driven by outsider
Nano Flowcell liquid-battery car shortly driven by outsider
NanoFlowcell Quantino concept
Nano Flowcell Holdings hasn’t been bashful about promoting its flow-cell battery technology.
It’s displayed flashy concept cars at numerous auto shows, suggesting bold spectacle claims for what it said were near production-ready designs.
But the company doesn’t seem to have given outsiders any significant time behind the wheel of any of its prototype cars—until now.
In a session at the TCS test track near Zurich, Switzerland, British car magazine Autocar was able to verify that Nano Flowcell’s pair of prototypes are real, drivable cars, albeit that was about it.
Nano Flowcell has thus far built and shown two cars to demonstrate its technology: the Quant FE sedan and the smaller Quantino coupe.
Both are certified for testing on public roads in Germany, and are described as “beautifully built.”
NanoFlowcell Quant F prototype
In place of conventional lithium-ion battery packs, flow-cell cars carry tanks packed with positive and negative liquid electrolytes.
They react inwards the flow cell to produce electro-therapy that powers electrified motors to turn the wheels, just as in a battery-electric or hydrogen fuel-cell car.
The Quant FE features gullwing doors and one electrified motor for each wheel. Nano Flowcell has said they produce a combined 1,075 horsepower.
In the specification sampled by Autocar, the Quantino features a single electrical motor powering the rear wheels, and a 48-volt electrical system.
It boasts one hundred six hp and one hundred forty eight pound-feet of torque, enough for zero to sixty two mph in under Five.0 seconds, and a top speed of one hundred twenty four mph, according to NanoFlowcell.
The company now says an unnamed “large manufacturer that is not German” has voiced interest in putting the Quantino into production.
NanoFlowcell Quantino concept
British testers found that the Quantino drove like puny battery-electric cars, with instantly-available torque and noticeably strong regenerative braking.
The prototype borrows components like interior fittings from the BMW 2-Series, and has its flow cell mounted where the rear seats would be in a production model.
Its pair of 159-liter (42-gallon) tanks provide a claimed range of over six hundred miles, tho’ it says the planned production model will have smaller 85-liter (22.4-gallon) tanks.
Flow-cell cars would require a network of packing stations to replenish their electrolyte tanks, but Nano Flowcell claims they would be a more convenient option than battery-electric cars.
Fueling station with twin-nozzle pump for bismuth-ion electrolyte solutions [NanoFlowcell]
It says flow-cell cars could be refilled with electrolyte in far less time than it takes to charge an electrified car, and that infrastructure would be comparatively lighter to develop.
However, so far it has not suggested many details about how that could be accomplished.
Nonetheless, the company remains another example of the growing innovation around zero-emission vehicle technologies—whether or not it ultimately completes up in production.
