New Graphene-Based mostly 18650 Battery Cells Promise To “Finish E-Bike Fires”

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In case you comply with the information about e-bikes, you’re in all probability properly conscious of what number of fires have been attributed to e-bikes in the previous few years. And whereas nearly all of e-bike homeowners won’t ever expertise their electrical two-wheeler bursting into flames, it does occur every now and then, and since a lot of these electrical bikes are being saved and charged indoors, the danger to each folks and pets in addition to property may be very actual once they do happen.

To not decrease the impression that e-bike fires can have, as a result of once they do occur, they are often devastating, however the reality is that they aren’t practically as widespread because the media would have you ever imagine. With the mentality of “if it bleeds, it leads,” within the media, tragedy and disaster are likely to get much more consideration than constructive and feel-good tales.

Nonetheless, with the rise in reputation and the provision of a variety of cheaper and decrease high quality e-bikes flooding the market, the problem of e-bike fires isn’t going away anytime quickly, until and till higher and safer battery chemistries (and chargers and schooling about greatest charging practices) turn out to be the norm.

To that finish, information about any production-ready ‘non-flammable’ batteries is sweet information, and a current press launch from Nanotech Power makes a reasonably daring promise, which is that its new 18650 cell will “finish e-bike fires.” Granted, many press releases err on the aspect of exaggeration, so it’s in all probability greatest to take this information with a pinch of (lithium) salt, but when these new cells get extensively adopted in e-bikes and different e-mobility choices, it may very properly be some potent risk-reducing progress.

In accordance with Nanotech Power, the brand new graphene-based 18650 battery cells, which will probably be produced beginning in early 2024 on the firm’s 50,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Chico, CA, can be found by means of its commercialization accomplice, Voltatech Power.

“The cells, that are presently obtainable for pre-order, deliver collectively Nanotech Power’s electrolyte and proprietary electrodes with Soteria metallized polymer present collectors to make a significant advance in battery expertise. The result’s a 100% American-made non-flammable lithium-ion battery pack that has proven its power and resilience by surviving a outstanding abuse take a look at involving a 4.5BRA bullet shot at a velocity of two,917 toes per second.”

Voltatech Power is presently accepting pre-orders by means of its web site, and whereas pre-ordering giant portions of recent battery cells that haven’t been absolutely examined and vetted by every purchaser for his or her particular software isn’t doubtless, e-bike and different e-mobility producers could need to look carefully on the new cells for his or her future merchandise. Extra details about Soteria and Nanotech Power is out there on their respective firm web sites.