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The post has the weirdest comments. We have complaints about a need an app to recharge (clearly you don't), complaints about lead acid batteries (wot? - did yo

The post has the weirdest comments. We have complaints about a need an app to recharge (clearly you don't), complaints about lead acid batteries (wot? - did you look at the cells), complaints about the danger of the voltage generated by 40 cells (hint: when you take it apart they are no longer connected), complaints it's a scammy web site (really - looks like a typical brochure site to me), complaints it won't withstand a fire (they have pictures a test incinerated battery pack), and complaints from new accounts. Somebody seems to have it in for this mob. The idea seems worth trying to me. Single cells dying and taking out the entire pack is a thing. It's happened to me several times. I've pulled apart the pack to see why, and discovered all these welded batteries making DIY repair near impossible. Not to mention when they are welded together like that to create high voltages they are indeed dangerous. I wish all battery packs were made this way, but I'm guessing it's expensive. I wish them luck.

timonoko 2y ago
The problem with this was it reads like a scam. Now I realized it was perhaps written by French who are used to more decorative language. Anyways. The idea of replacing individual cells sucks, sucks and sucks. When one cell dies in a pack, you can be sure the rest are going bad in a month. Especially this happens with good quality cells. Samsung 3000mAh were like they had timer built-in. They just went ping-ping-ping when I tried to reuse a laptop battery cells recently.
- oulipo 2y ago
  Yes we're French sorry! We'd love any comment on how to rephrase things haha
- oulipo 2y ago
  The point of the design is not so much individual cell replacement, but more: - replacing electronics (hard to do safely on a traditional battery, and electronics often breaks with shocks) - replacing all cells at once when they are drained (and then they are easy to reuse in second-life storage, or to recycle, because they haven't been welded and damaged)
oulipo 2y ago
Thank you for your comment! Indeed, those are all valid criticisms that people ask us, but thankfully we have worked on this product for the last 3 years, iterating on the design, so we have answers! Our battery is already running every day on free-floating e-bikes, and our data shows that our batteries are working great and are safe! We've got extra doc here if interested: https://docs.gouach.com/fireproof-casing https://docs.gouach.com/fireproof-casing We really care about bikes and electrification, we think it's the way forward for cities in a climate-changing world, so our (engineers) observation was that we needed batteries that people could TRULY depend on, meaning they could observe them and repair them This is what we've set out to build, and we're very happy with our current product now, so this is the reason we're trying to push it to the general public now! Thanks for your encouragement it is much appreciated!

timonoko 2y ago

The problem with this was it reads like a scam. Now I realized it was perhaps written by French who are used to more decorative language. Anyways. The idea of replacing individual cells sucks, sucks and sucks. When one cell dies in a pack, you can be sure the rest are going bad in a month. Especially this happens with good quality cells. Samsung 3000mAh were like they had timer built-in. They just went ping-ping-ping when I tried to reuse a laptop battery cells recently.

oulipo 2y ago
Yes we're French sorry! We'd love any comment on how to rephrase things haha
oulipo 2y ago
The point of the design is not so much individual cell replacement, but more: - replacing electronics (hard to do safely on a traditional battery, and electronics often breaks with shocks) - replacing all cells at once when they are drained (and then they are easy to reuse in second-life storage, or to recycle, because they haven't been welded and damaged)

oulipo 2y ago

Thank you for your comment! Indeed, those are all valid criticisms that people ask us, but thankfully we have worked on this product for the last 3 years, iterating on the design, so we have answers! Our battery is already running every day on free-floating e-bikes, and our data shows that our batteries are working great and are safe! We've got extra doc here if interested: https://docs.gouach.com/fireproof-casing https://docs.gouach.com/fireproof-casing We really care about bikes and electrification, we think it's the way forward for cities in a climate-changing world, so our (engineers) observation was that we needed batteries that people could TRULY depend on, meaning they could observe them and repair them This is what we've set out to build, and we're very happy with our current product now, so this is the reason we're trying to push it to the general public now! Thanks for your encouragement it is much appreciated!