Asking for the Collective Wisdom here....... Battery Fires ???

[Feliz]

I sold many of them in my time there. Singly the most problematic most returned and complained about product. Far more, many more charger, failures than any Grin charger. My Satiators are years old now. My Luna chargers are broken down unrepairable junk.

Tom, I have a Luna Charger and I like it, I share my charging duties about equal between my Luna and Grin chargers. I know others with the Luna and I haven't heard of any issues, could they have improved them?

 

[Feliz]

I don't think Luna want to sell Satiators.

 

[tomjasz]

I don't think Luna want to sell Satiators.

Almost true.

 

[tomjasz]

Purchasing an ebike from trusted company can reduce such risks.

Sure. That's obvious, and why I harp on using an LBS or a known quality battery maker.

the battery fire is still very rare.

So are a number of "accidents". That doesn't mean I become careless or take a less aggressive view and measures to safeguard my home and life. If I skip my helmet, I pay the piper. If I create a fire with bad battery management, my entire family suffers. Do what you will. No one is really keeping any central record of battery fires. What's the harm in charging in a case that would with high probability contain the fire? We're too quick to call Google searches "research"

 

[Dewey]

Graphene for a safer future https://ebiketips.road.cc/content/n...ng-the-safety-of-lithium-ion-e-bike-batteries

 

[tomjasz]

Graphene for a safer future https://ebiketips.road.cc/content/n...ng-the-safety-of-lithium-ion-e-bike-batteries

Yes please but before I'm 90! Every week a new hope...

 

[CSH]

Yes please but before I'm 90! Every week a new hope...

WOW !
Dewey......
This can't happen Fast enough........ I hope the Ebike World lobbies for this.

I hate to admit, I got myself all loaded up with anxiety over battery safety .

 

[tomjasz]

I got myself all loaded up with anxiety over battery safety

I did too until I found using ammo cans as safety devices. Two 20Ah triangles fit with room to spare.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

What ebike exploded though?

Trek? Yamaha? Haibike? Pedego? Specialized? Giant? Stromer? Amego? Juiced?

Actually, if you google "electric bike recalls" you only come up with one battery-related recall: which was for certain Pedego batteries in 2015. When you think about it, 2015 was for all practical purposes the Neolithic period with respect to electric bikes.

The other two were for the Stromer ST5 (stem failure) and some Faraday e-bikes (seat post failure).

Which leads me to conclude that defective e-bike batteries in mainstream manufacturers is vanishingly rare.

 

[tomjasz]

Maybe we're closer, already a decade since researchers indicated they were moving to market.
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July 13, 2010 03:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Vorbeck Materials announces a collaboration with PNNL to develop graphene product for batteries

JESSUP, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vorbeck Materials Corp., in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle for the Department of Energy, announces a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to develop Li-ion battery electrodes using Vorbeck’s unique graphene material, Vor-xTM. These new battery materials could enable electronic devices and power tools that recharge in minutes rather than hours or function as part of a hybrid battery system to extend the range of electric vehicles.