New cells to the market.

[Nealh]

Taiwan cell producer Molicel have released their latest 21700 cell to the market. The P45b an improvement on the excellant P42a and a 9% increase, the P42a previously only having been on the market a little over 4 years.

Lucky Goldstar aka LG. have released to the market their latest 18650 cell. Rumoured to be a HG2 replacement the new HJ2 is a 2950mah 20a cell.
The cell has a marked improvement on the older cell, with it running approx. 200mah longer at a 10a discharge to 3.3v.
The new cell is up against the Molicel P28a, where both have similar discharge. At 5a per cell the Moli runs approx. 50mah longer to 3.3v.

 

[soundwave]

when i got my bike in 2014 i thought buy now i could double its capacity to 1000w and 40a cont discharge in the same size case but it is no where near it.

cant see it in another ten years tbh at this rate

 

[guerney]

Solid State Battries have legs... I mean wheels

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