Semi-Solid State Battery Manufacturing Challenges and Cost Outlook
Over the past nine years on the production floor, first as a cell process engineer and now as Senior Lithium Battery Engineer at Horizon Power, I have watc…
How to Source a Reliable Lithium Battery Manufacturer in China
I am Karl Huang, a senior lithium battery engineer with more than a decade spent inside Chinese cell plants, pack houses, and customer return labs. If you…
LFP vs NCM Battery: Choosing Chemistry for Your Product
After more than a decade on the factory floor and in the lab at Horizon Power, I have lost count of how many times a customer has asked me the same decepti…
Lithium Battery Safety Standards: UN38.3, IEC 62133 and Beyond
When a lithium battery leaves our production line in Shenzhen and heads to a customer in Germany or California, the chemistry inside it is only half the st…
Lithium Ion vs Lithium Polymer Battery: Differences for OEM Designers
Every month in our Horizon Power engineering lab, an OEM customer sends the same question: “Should we use a lithium ion vs lithium polymer cell for our new…
Custom Drone Battery Packs: When Off-the-Shelf Isn’t Enough
Every few weeks a prospective OEM sends me a CAD drawing of an airframe that simply will not accept a standard brick-shaped cell. As Karl Huang, Senior Lit…
12V vs 24V Lithium Battery: Which to Specify for Your Application
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent more than a decade specifying battery systems for drones, robotics, marine electronics,…
How to Store Drone Batteries for Winter and Long-Term Idle
Every winter, as drone-flying season in colder regions slows down, I get the same urgent questions from our B2B clients: “Karl, how should we store drone b…
Understanding Drone Battery C-Rating and Discharge Performance
Why C-Rating Is the Number You Actually Fly By
When a customer calls our engineering desk asking why their new multirotor loses altitude in the last 90 sec…
Understanding Drone Battery C-Rating and Discharge Performance
Why C-Rating Is the Number You Actually Fly By
When a customer calls our engineering desk asking why their new multirotor loses altitude in the last 90 sec…