Battery Solution Deployment for Robotics: An Engineer’s
Why a “battery solution deployment robotics” rollout is its own engineering discipline
I have spent the last nine years watching robotics fleets go from a…
Lithium Battery Cost Optimization for UPS Systems: An
I have been specifying lithium battery cost optimization ups systems since 2018, and the conversation I have with buyers has shifted twice. In the first wa…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits: An Engineer’s
I have spent more than a decade specifying and testing lithium battery packs for off-grid and portable power products, and if there is one lesson the field…
Sodium-Ion Battery Testing for Microgrids: An Engineer’s
If you are commissioning a microgrid today, the cheapest mistake you can make is to treat a sodium ion battery the way you would treat a lithium iron phosp…
Lithium Battery Maintenance for Mobility Devices
I have spent more than a decade working with lithium-ion packs that go into electric wheelchairs, mobility scooters, foldable power chairs, patient lift sy…
Home Energy Storage Cost Optimization for New Homes: An (2)
I have spent the last twelve years designing lithium battery packs for residential and light-commercial storage, and if there is one conversation I keep ha…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Energy Storage
Why a Stationary Energy Storage Battery Is a Different Animal from an EV Pack
I still remember the first time a grid-scale integrator asked me to re-spec a…
Battery Solution Integration for Equipment: An Engineer’ (2)
When a finished battery solution leaves the bench and lands inside a host machine, the work is not over. Integration is where a pack that survived 200 cycl…
Home Energy Storage Reliability for Cabins: An Engineer’s
Why Cabin Reliability Is a Different Problem From Grid-Tied Homes
Grid-tied residential battery systems live a gentle life: the grid covers everything dur…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cost Optimization for Robotics: An
I have spent eleven years specifying lithium battery packs for warehouse robots, and the most expensive mistake I see repeat across AMR and AGV fleets is j…