QAF

Battery

Platform information and proposed QAF engineering. Component imagery is illustrative; final configuration and regional performance require validation.

The pack is only part of the range story. Heat, charging and daily duty matter just as much.

28.1 / 41.9 kWh
Three-door / Emerald
LFP
Chemistry
35 min
30–80 %, DC
0
Cobalt, nickel

Two packs

28.1 kWh in the three-door; 41.9 kWh in the Emerald, with 32 and 54 kWh available from the platform for other duties. Both are lithium iron phosphate — a cathode of iron and phosphate rather than nickel, manganese and cobalt. LFP is the selected platform chemistry. Capacity, thermal management and charging limits must be confirmed for the chosen variant, then tested in the QAF operating cycle.

A flat vehicle battery pack on a bench with its lid removed, rows of prismatic cells and orange busbars
A flat vehicle battery pack on a bench with its lid removed, rows of prismatic cells and orange busbars eng-battery-pack.webp
A side-view drawing of the three-door with the pack, coolant loop, chiller and cabin loop in emerald and sand
A side-view drawing of the three-door with the pack, coolant loop, chiller and cabin loop in emerald and sand eng-battery-thermal.webp

Heat

Battery thermal management varies by platform version; liquid cooling is not standard on every pack. QAF must validate the selected pack and its protection limits in heat. The programme has three priorities: shade — the depot units are specified for shaded installation and the pale roof keeps the floor cooler; pre-conditioning — the fleet controller starts cabin and battery cooling before the vehicle leaves the depot, on grid power rather than the pack's; and validation — every duty-cycle figure on this site is a target until it has been measured in the Kingdom, in summer, and we publish the measured figure when we have it.

Charging

Type 2 / CCS2 compatibility is a proposed regional conversion. The three-door platform publishes 3.3 kW AC charging; the five-door platform publishes 6.6 kW. A 6.6 kW upgrade for the three-door and all converted-vehicle charging performance require validation. Published platform DC charging is around 35 minutes from 30 to 80 per cent at normal temperature. The proposed depot unit is described under Ownership → Energy.

A single grey prismatic lithium iron phosphate cell held in a gloved hand
A single grey prismatic lithium iron phosphate cell held in a gloved hand eng-battery-cell.webp
A sand-coloured depot cabinet under a shade canopy with a retired vehicle pack visible through an open service door
A sand-coloured depot cabinet under a shade canopy with a retired vehicle pack visible through an open service door eng-battery-second-life.webp

Second life

Retired packs may be assessed for stationary storage where condition, compatibility and safety allow. Reuse is a development possibility; it is not an automatic destination for every pack.

What the validation programme should establish

Range at 45 °C with the cabin held at 22 °C, doors opening every five minutes; energy per kilometre in the district; capacity retention after each summer. The room holds the test protocol.

Chassis and body