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Understanding Certifications for Custom Battery Packs

Understanding Certifications for Custom Battery Packs

  • By Sam Abdelaal
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Understanding Certifications for Custom Battery Packs Custom battery packs are designed to meet specific application requirements, making them highly specialized solutions. At Voltaplex, we develop...
Rare but ferocious

Rare but ferocious

  • By Admin Admin
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As part of our LithiumSAFE Conference, we held a panel on how to speak about battery safety in the marketplace.  Panelists included Jim Greenberger, Executive...
Let's save the heros

Let's save the heros

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Last Sunday at an Aricell plant in South Korea, the workers heard some popping noises, and saw smoke coming from a large stack of loose...
Battery safety education

Battery safety education

  • By Admin Admin
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Back in September of 2011, in Louisville, Kentucky, I attended my first industry conference, the NAATBatt annual meeting.  I was just getting started in the...
Where there is smoke

Where there is smoke

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On April 10, 2023, a man rode his electric bike home from his job in Manhattan to his home in Queens, NY.  He lived in...
An open dialogue about safety

An open dialogue about safety

  • By Admin Admin
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Talking about battery safety is normally a very charged conversation.  So much is at stake.  Companies could have to issue huge recalls.  Or someone could...
Safety doesn't sell

Safety doesn't sell

  • By Admin Admin
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In 1972, Lee Iacocca, then President of Ford Motor Company, said that “Safety doesn’t sell.” But in 1988, he led Chrysler to announce that they...
A menagerie of errors

A menagerie of errors

  • By Admin Admin
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Last week, there was a fire at night in an e-bike shop in New York City, and four people in the apartments above died of...
An explosive revelation

An explosive revelation

  • By Admin Admin
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Before I start this article, I want to say thank you to the brave men and women who serve as first responders and enter into...
Slaying of a beautiful theory

Slaying of a beautiful theory

  • By Admin Admin
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In 1870, biologist Thomas Henry Huxley delivered a speech in which he said “The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an...
A problem we can solve

A problem we can solve

  • By Admin Admin
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In 2016, when Samsung recalled their Galaxy Note 7 due to spontaneous battery fires, I had a conversation with Mark Lefebvre. He liked the Dreamweaver...
Wholistic approach to battery safety

Wholistic approach to battery safety

  • By Admin Admin
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In 1959, Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, and famously made it available for the rest of the automotive industry to use. They estimate it has...
Six battery safety strategies

Six battery safety strategies

  • By Admin Admin
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Now having talked about a wholistic approach to battery fires, and also a way to estimate the size of the risk, it’s time to discuss...
E-bike fires in NYC

E-bike fires in NYC

  • By Admin Admin
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At this point we’ve talked about the hazard of lithium-ion batteries in addition to a few possible solutions, so let’s analyze a specific situation and...
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