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The biggest trouble is that a lithium battery that will last 8 years, and the one that will puff up in a year and lose 80% of capacity, all look the same when y
by matrix_overload 3y ago
The biggest trouble is that a lithium battery that will last 8 years, and the one that will puff up in a year and lose 80% of capacity, all look the same when you buy them. It's all about the purity of materials, quality control, and other things you don't see without a microscope.
Big players like Ford play it very safe with their own cell manufacturers, but a random smaller-scale startup might be forced to buy the cells from the lowest bidder on Aliexpress, and that won't fare well.
- marcus0x62 3y agoNo doubt. The last sentence in my post is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
- abe_m 3y agoThe guys making this kit are working to launch a full diesel/electric hybrid transport truck for heavy haul applications. They plan to use cells from the same supplier as they are going to use for the heavy trucks, and hope to increase volume on their purchases.
- happycube 3y agoThey're using LFP batteries here which generally don't puff up and go foom.
- DANmode 3y ago> a lithium battery that will last 8 years All of the 2010 Toyota Hybrids on original battery packs would like a word.