Semi-Solid State Battery Commercial Availability Today
I get this question from procurement teams more than any other right now: when can I actually buy a semi-solid state battery and put it into a shipped prod…
Battery Solution for Concrete Batch Plants
Ten years on battery packs for mobile machines, I still get called to concrete plants for the same reason: the site owner looks at a nameplate rating of 20…
Home Energy Storage for Greenhouse and Backyard Hydroponics
The first time I was called to a greenhouse that had cooked six trays of tomato seedlings, the owner blamed the ventilation controller. It was fine. The ba…
Lithium Battery for Cordless Vacuum Cleaners
Inside almost every stick vacuum on the market the cordless vacuum battery is a small lithium-ion pack doing something that looks simple and is not: puttin…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Food Trucks and Mobile Kitchens
In most of my years designing battery packs for vehicles, the hardest brief has never been the biggest one. It is the awkward one: a pack that has to run a…
Semi-Solid State Battery for 12V Start-Stop and Mild Hybrid
In fifteen years building lithium battery packs for automotive and industrial customers, the hardest request has never been the biggest one. It is the smal…
Battery Solution for Electric Refuse Trucks: Route Duty
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent twelve years specifying traction packs for commercial vehicle builders, and the electri…
Cordless Angle Grinder Battery: Surge, Runtime and Motor Load
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have torn down and rebuilt more cordless angle grinders than I can count on our test bench. The an…
Home Energy Storage for Sewage Ejector Pump Backup
When we design a home energy storage system, most homeowners ask about refrigerators, lights, and internet. In my fifteen years specifying battery packs fo…
N/P Ratio Design in Semi-Solid State Battery Cells
As a battery engineer at Horizon Power, I get asked why two cells with the same chemistry and the same rated capacity can show very different cycle life in…