Semi-Solid State Battery for High Altitude Platforms
I have spent the last four years building lithium battery packs for aircraft that never land. Not passenger jets — high altitude platform stations (HAPS):…
Semi-Solid State Battery Testing for EV Packs: High-Voltage
I have spent the last four years running validation campaigns on semi-solid state cells that were destined for electric vehicle traction packs, and the sin…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Eight-Hour
I have spent the better part of the last six years specifying packs that never move. That sounds boring until you realise that a stationary asset has to ea…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cost Optimization for Robotics (4)
After eleven years of designing lithium battery packs for warehouse robots, I have learned that the bill of materials is rarely where the money is lost. Th…
Semi-Solid State Battery Reliability for Aerospace (4)
I have been signing off semi-solid state battery reliability for aerospace programs since the first HAPS demonstrator we flew in 2019, and I can tell you…
Semi-Solid State Battery Performance for EV Packs (2)
I have spent the last three years taking semi-solid state battery packs from engineering samples to series production on three EV programmes, and the mos…
Semi-Solid State Battery Testing for EV Packs: Formation
In my twelve years running pack validation lines, no technology has forced me to rewrite my test plans as aggressively as semi-solid-state chemistry. When…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Rack-Level
Why semi-solid state batteries are changing the safety case for grid storage
I have been specifying lithium battery racks for behind-the-meter and front-of…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cost Optimization for Robotics (3)
When a fleet manager asks me where the next ten percent of cost comes out of a robotics battery programme, the conversation usually drifts away from cell c…
Semi-Solid State Battery Reliability for Aerospace (3)
In fifteen years of designing lithium batteries for demanding platforms, I have learned that nothing exposes a cell chemistry faster than space. A ground…