I
t sounds like a reasonable
idea if there is a surplus of
production capacity of those
type of modules in Japan.
Envision AESC, which is the
primary lithium-ion battery
supplier for Nissan electric cars,
announced that the modules
will be used in new Yamaha
G30Es-Li V golf carts.
GOLF
CAR
NEWS
Nissan LEAF Battery
Modules To Be Used
In Yamaha Golf Carts
Envision AESC’s battery mod-
ules, produced in Zama, Japan,
first will be supplied to Tocad
Energy Co. which is responsible
for producing the 8.2 kWh, 73 V
packs, specially-developed for
Yamaha.
“These 8.2kWh 73V special-
ly-developed Yamaha golf
cart battery packs contains
battery modules and a bat-
tery management system
(BMS) that governs charge and
discharge. Envision AESC has
supplied TOCAD ENERGY with
lithium-ion battery modules
it manufactures for electric
vehicles and also similar mod-
ules, while TOCAD ENERGY has
assembled the battery packs
using its BMS, housings, and
other components. Yamaha
sells golf carts that using the
battery packs from August
2019.”
It’s not clearly said that those are the same
batteries as in case of Nissan LEAF, but
we assume those are the same type and
chemistry.
Taking into consideration that golf cars are
a less demanding application than passen-
ger cars, those type of modules might cope
quite well.
Envision AESC Marketing and Sales Execu-
tive Vice President Nobuaki Yoshioka said:
“Lithium-ion batteries made by our com-
pany have been installed in over 470,000
electric vehicles and there has never been
an instance of critical malfunction such
as catching fire. The laminated cells are
volumetric efficiency and have excellent
heat dissipation properties, making them
ideal for golf carts. We hope to use them in
many other applications going forwards.”
TOCAD ENERGY CEO. & President Takeshi
Fujikawa said:
“Our company has around 30 years’ ex-
perience developing and manufacturing
rechargeable battery packs. Although so
far, we have mainly developed and manu-
factured small battery packs for use in con-
sumer and industrial machinery, we now
intend to expand our business activities
into high voltage and high capacity battery
packs, starting with the development and
manufacture of these large battery packs
for Yamaha golf carts.”
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