Smart Charger for Li batteries

[PJM]

Having been researching the purchase of an electric bike I notice the 2 year wall relating to the batteries. Does anyone know if the battery manufacturers are researching the development of a smart charger that would improve the life of a lithium battery in a similar manner that the 'Optima' chargers did for lead acid batteries. Alternatively is this an opportunity for a third party developer to look at as it may be not in the interest of the battery manufacturers to put a product on the market that will reduce potential sales.

 

[flecc]

E-bike lithium batteries don't use smart chargers since this is a function of the internal battery management system (BMS), not the charger.

In other words they all smart charge already under the cell by cell control of the BMS.

You can see the various parts of a battery's BMS in one example on this webpage.
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