Battery Solution for Rail Inspection and Hi-Rail Vehicles
When a rail operator asks me to electrify a track inspection trolley or convert a hi-rail truck from a diesel auxiliary unit to a battery powered one, the…
Drone Battery Certification UN38.3 IEC 62133 Guide
When a buyer in Germany or a distributor in California asks for your drone battery, the first thing they want is not the spec sheet. They want proof the pa…
Lithium Battery Thermal Interface Material Selection Guide
Why Thermal Interface Materials Decide Pack Reliability
When I audit a failed lithium battery pack, the root cause is rarely the cell itself. It is the pat…
Home Energy Storage Remote Management and Secure Access
Managing a home energy storage system used to mean opening a breaker panel and reading an LED. Today, most lithium battery systems ship with a cloud connec…
Semi-Solid State Battery Impedance Spectroscopy Diagnosis
At Horizon Power I have spent the last several years moving semi-solid state battery cells from prototype benches into real production lines. One instrumen…
Sodium-Ion Battery Thermal Management and Cooling Design
As a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, I have spent the last decade signing off on pack thermal designs for drones, forklifts and stationar…
Battery Solution for Road Marking and Line Painting Equipment
Why Line Painting Crews Are Leaving Diesel Behind
For two decades the road marking truck was a rolling diesel generator. The compressor that feeds the gl…
Lithium Battery Pack Busbar Design and Current Density Limits
When a customer asks me to push more current through a lithium battery pack, the cells are rarely the bottleneck. In my fifteen years designing packs at Ho…
Home Energy Storage Phase Balancing for Older Homes
When I walk into a 1960s or 1970s home to commission a lithium battery backup system, the first thing I check is not the battery size. It is the balance of…
Semi-Solid State Battery Self Discharge Rate and Shelf Life
Buyers who stock semi-solid state batteries for seasonal deployments or long lead-time projects always ask me the same question: how much charge will I los…