Lithium Sulfur Batteries Slated for Takeoff
Spectrum recently published a post on a new lithium sulfur battery technology specifically targeting electric aviation applications. Although lots of electric vehicles could benefit from the new...
View ArticleBuilding a Cell Testing Station For 18650s
The 18650 is perhaps the world’s favorite lithium battery, even if electric car manufacturers are beginning to move towards larger cells such as the 21700. Used heavily in laptops and flashlights, it...
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Tesla’s New Tabless Batteries Unlock New Levels of Performance
Telsa are one of the world’s biggest purchasers of batteries through their partnerships with manufacturers like Panasonic, LG and CATL. Their endless hunger for more cells is unlikely to be satiated...
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Lithium Mine To Battery Line: Tesla Battery Day And The Future Of EVs
After last year’s Tesla Battery Day presentation and the flurry of information that came out of it, [The Limiting Factor] spent many months researching the countless topics behind Tesla’s announced...
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Extending an E-Bike Range from Good to Wheelie Good
It may not look like it in some parts of the world, but electric vehicles are gaining more and more market share over traditional forms of transportation. The fastest-growing segment is the e-bike,...
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Ask Hackaday: Why Don’t Automakers Make Their Own EV Batteries?
Sales of electric vehicles continue to climb, topping three million cars worldwide last year. All these electric cars need batteries, of course, which means demand for rechargeable cells is through the...
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Li-ion Battery Low-Level Intricacies Explained Excellently
There’s a lot of magic in Lithium-ion batteries that we typically take for granted and don’t dig deeper into. Why is the typical full charge voltage 4.2 V and not the more convenient 5 V, why is CC/CV...
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