Cupra Born - Technology and Battery Focused Review

A tech-focused review of the Cupra Born discussing the vehicle's platform, electric motor, battery technology including battery cells and cell supplier, battery cooling technology, regen, charging times, range and other grid bits of technical insight.
🎤 Host & Producer - Luke Zammit
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-- Chapters --
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Platform
02:45 - Electric Motor
04:45 - Charging
08:50 - Regen/Regenerative Braking
10:19 - Battery
15:34 - Battery Cooling
17:11 - Range WLTP
Special thanks to Continental Cars & Cupra Malta

[@MartynDews]

Great video. I learnt a few new things there and I've owned our Born for almost two years. 👍

[@SKGDK]

The Born VZ and ID.3 GTX will be using the AP550 :)
The GTX will make 286hp, but VZ and GTX Performance will get 326hp
The full line of Born and ID.3 is being bumped to 231hp on the AP310 motor.

[@justincalleja]

Luke, I have a question to the charging cycles comment you made in this video. True, you do not need to charge your EV every day, so the charge cycle takes longer to reach. So why do they offer the same 8 year warranty on PHEVs? I own the new Peugeot 308 PHEV and charge every day. With that logic, I should reach the end of the charge cycles much sooner than a normal EV. But yet again, all manufactures ask the users to charge the car every day. This is so confusing lol. What's your opinion on this?

[@TheFutureisElectric]

Very valid points. Keep in mind a charge cycle is 0-100%, if you charge to 50-100 and then again 50-100 then you’ve got your 1 cycle in 2 charging sessions.
No two batteries will perform the same, even from the same manufacturer, it’s a chemical process which takes place in its lifetime, and while averages exist, it’s hard to forecast exactly.
About the warranties, on the EVs side, the 8 years I believe is very conservative. In fact legislation in the US is already in the works to push EV battery warranties to 15 years.
I believe they have kept it a 8 years more from an accounting perspective, for the brands to have closure on the cars lifetime value to them, once warranty responsibility expires.
I think 8 year warranty on the PHEV battery is a further stamp of approval on the battery longevity, which as you are saying will reach the charge cycles far quicker