How do you take care of a battery? In today’s episode of Go By Bike, I talk about one of the most common myths of ebike batteries – the idea of battery memory. How do you take care of a battery and is it necessary to discharge it all the way sometimes? Listen in for an important lesson that could help you avoid costly battery damage. -Elise Go By Bike is a daily video series that talks about how

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Morgan was recently interviewed on the Home Power Hour, explaining a bit about how the batteries work and are kept happy by the Battery Management System. Listen in here. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

Morgan was on the home power hour discussing Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. You can Listen in here. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

Anyone who has had experience with electric vehicles will come to find out that the energy storage device (usually battery) is the crux of the vehicle. On an electric bicycle, the battery has the biggest effect on the weight and performance of the vehicle. Here are some battery types commonly used on electric bikes: - Sealed lead acid (SLA) – these have been around for a long time. They are reliable, but they are very

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The lithium manganese batteries used in our high-end electric bikes are one of the most expensive parts on the bike. They represent great technological achievement, giving the light weight, high power feel of our bikes. With proper care, such as keeping them charged, they should last for many years. But because they are expensive, we realize that customers wonder what will happen if or when they need to be replaced. So, we are going to do something that nobody

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Can a virus make a better battery for electric bikes and electric cars? That’s what MIT researcher Angela Belcher is working on. She is developing means to engineer new materials by “programming” bacteriophage viruses. She programs them genetically, and this causes them to produce proteins in particular configurations to optimize the properties of the anodes and cathodes in the batteries. She is using that programming to increase energy density, and to make thin, flexible battery cells

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Here is a bit of additional information on the LiFePO4 packs we’ll be carrying. These are packs made specifically for electric bikes by PHET (Phisiang Industries) that make the highest quality C-coated lithium iron phosphate (C-LiFePO4) cells available, based on the Phostech chemistry. For pictures of the packs, see this blog post. We have been testing the pack for about two weeks now, on our Xtracycle/Currie USPD high-power drive setup (600W+). At an average 1C rate, the

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Batteries are the lynchpin of an electric assist (or Pedelec) bike. We’re excited to now be testing a new Lithium Ion Phosphate pack that is the slickest one we’ve seen in this new chemistry. For more information on battery chemistries, have a look at our FAQ . The short story is that these batteries are light, safe, they last a very long time, and they are environmentally friendly. They have a big upfront cost, but they will more than

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