Molecular Dynamics techniques have been used to investigate structure and ion conductivity in the glyme-based crystalline electrolyte LiBF4(CH3O(CH2CH2O)(4)CH3)(0.5). The structure allows ionic transport in two distinct directions in the structure, y or z, resulting in anisotropic effects. MD simulations have also been carried out under external electric fields of 1-5 x 10(6) V/m, imposed in y- or z-directions, to induce ion transport on a short time-space scale at room temperature conditions. The MD simulations reproduce the experimentally determined structure satisfactorily, and also the unusually high cationic transport numbers (t(+) > 0.6). The simulations suggest that the ion transport is dominated by the Li-ions inside the glyme complexes, while the Li-ions outside comprise stable complexes with the generally immobilized anions. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.