Lithium Battery for Cordless Drills and Drivers
Why Cordless Drills Moved to Lithium
When I started designing portable packs for power tools in 2009, most cordless drills still ran on nickel cadmium cell…
Skid Steer Loader Battery: Sizing and Duty Cycle Guide
Why a Skid Steer Loader Needs a Purpose Built Battery
As a senior lithium battery engineer I have spec’d power systems for everything from agricultural dro…
Home Battery Security System and Alarm Backup
As a senior lithium battery engineer, I have wired more residential backup systems than I can count, and one pattern repeats: homeowners expect the lights…
Semi-Solid Cell Formation and Aging Protocol
I am Karl Huang, Senior Lithium Battery Engineer at Horizon Power. Over the past three years I have supervised formation and aging trials for more than for…
Sodium-Ion Battery for Marine House Banks
As a senior lithium battery engineer who has specced battery systems for both commercial and recreational vessels, I get asked one question more than any o…
Lithium Battery for Electric Scooter Fleets and Swappable Packs
When I started designing packs for last-mile mobility back in 2017, most operators still debated whether lithium was worth the premium over lead-acid. A de…
Battery Solution for Mining Shaft Sinking Equipment
As a senior lithium battery engineer who has spent the last decade specifying power systems for underground operations, I can tell you that few application…
Home Energy Storage Financing and Lease Options
Most buyers shop for a home battery by capacity and price per kilowatt hour, then ask about financing at the end. After more than a decade specifying resid…
Sodium-Ion Battery Overcharge Protection and Cutoff
As a Senior Lithium Battery Engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent the last decade qualifying cells and packs for commercial deployment, and one failure m…
Cell Stack Pressure and Fixture Design for Semi-Solid Pouch Cells
Every engineer who moves from conventional liquid cells to semi-solid state pouch cells hits the same wall: the first test batch looks terrible, the secon…