Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-14 Thread Michael Ross via EV
many samples for months like that, also tested spade > terminals used in the products. > > > -Original Message- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV > Sent: 13 September, 2018 4:46 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Cc

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-14 Thread Lee Hart via EV
George Tyler via EV wrote: From my experience, we had an in-house test company that ran independently, we wanted to know the truth, results are not released to the public but used to improve reliability. The name of the company is at stake. When I see something like a cell phone company that

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-14 Thread George Tyler via EV
ps, tested many samples for months like that, also tested spade terminals used in the products. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV Sent: 13 September, 2018 4:46 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Lee Hart Subject: Re: [EVDL

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-13 Thread Jukka Järvinen via EV
Yes. Still few people understand about li-ion. The main thing to understand is there is so many different ways to make them it is quite impossible to know enough to make any general assumptions. There’s maybe less than dozen people in the world who can say anything in general. I can only say I

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-13 Thread Michael Ross via EV
Hi Lee, You were kind enough to talk with me bit a while back, and you were right on. We wanted to build a testing lab using the Novonix equipment, but it was clear the general population of Li ion users who might benefit from actually knowing: neighborhood vehicles, scooters, eBikes and so on,

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-12 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Michael Ross via EV wrote: Yeah, I wouldn't say prove either. But testing can be far better than the old tried, and not very good cycling tests. It all depends on who is doing the testing, and why. If it's being done by marketing to promote sales, they're likely to pick a test procedure that

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-12 Thread Michael Ross via EV
With all due respect, this is not an effective way to demonstrate that a Li ion battery will last any particular amount of time. The test method currently the most likely to generate useful results examines coulombic efficiency to evaluate how small changes to electrollyte chemistry, electrode

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-12 Thread Michael Ross via EV
Yeah, I wouldn't say prove either. But testing can be far better than the old tried, and not very good cycling tests. The program a the Dahn Lab at Dalhousie University ( https://www.dal.ca/diff/dahn/publications.html ) developed super sensitive methods for examining Li ion batteries. They can

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-11 Thread George Tyler via EV
It is not a test done on 1 product, it is all work out statistically, it will be something like, "if you test 100 batteries with acceleration factor X for 3 months, then you will be 97% confident it that it will last 10 years in the car." At Gallaghers (electric fence manufacturers) we had 1

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-11 Thread George Tyler via EV
It is the meaning of "lifetime" i think, that is in question, of course not every battery will last 10 years, i should have said "expected lifetime", i guess. On 12-Sep-18 10:48 AM, Jan Steinman via EV wrote: From: "George Tyler" it is all proven science, you can prove a lifetime of 10

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-11 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 11 Sep 2018 at 15:48, Jan Steinman via EV wrote: > If you'd say, "There's a pretty high confidence level that these batteries > will last ten years," I wouldn't argue. But the only way you "prove" that a > battery will last ten years is to use it for ten years. And then the only thing you've

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-11 Thread Jan Steinman via EV
> From: "George Tyler" > > it is all proven science, you can prove a lifetime of 10 years "Prove" is a pretty strong word, a word that scientists rarely use. "Proofs" are for mathematicians and lawyers; scientists generally speak of "evidence." If you'd say, "There's a pretty high confidence

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-10 Thread George Tyler via EV
science, you can prove a lifetime of 10 years in a test taking 3 months. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Jan Steinman via EV Sent: 10 September, 2018 4:47 PM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: Jan Steinman Subject: Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-10 Thread Jukka Järvinen via EV
Unknown future problems? What are you referring to? This is well documented failure mode. That is the very reason of having the fuse there. :) It is not due manufacturing defect. Empirical evidence is empirical. One has to see it with own eyes. It does not mean it is in public domain. Most

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-10 Thread Jukka Järvinen via EV
what > you > > do best and assemble a final product and buy from numerous suppliers is > the > > current business model for the big automotive companies. > > > > > > ________ > > From: EV on behalf of Jan Steinman via EV < > > ev@l

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Jan Steinman via EV
> From: George Tyler > > I used to design electronics for > military, (submarines) you can make MTBF say whatever you want! Yea, so true. The Navy got so frustrated that they abandoned static analysis for real-time testing. I worked on linear beam forming for subs. We used card-edge scan

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Michael Ross via EV
merous suppliers is the > current business model for the big automotive companies. > > > > From: EV on behalf of Jan Steinman via EV < > ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 10:02 AM > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: Jan

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread robert winfield via EV
Steinman via EV Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 10:02 AM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: Jan Steinman Subject: Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs > From: Jukka J?rvinen > > The main question is when will the problems be there? After 200.000 or > 500.000 miles?... we h

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread ROBERT via EV
, September 9, 2018 10:02 AM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: Jan Steinman Subject: Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs > From: Jukka J?rvinen > > The main question is when will the problems be there? After 200.000 or > 500.000 miles?... we have just now > mastered

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread George Tyler via EV
From a Electrical engineering perspective, the mean time between failures of 6800 cells is terrible but you can lose a lot and still have a functioning car, so I recon he is probably right, but it depends of the MTBF of the 2 types of cells too. I used to design electronics for military,

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Bobby Keeland via EV
The comments below about the reliability of Tesla I have heard from numerous people. The refusal of Nissan to take responsibility of problems is a personal experience of mine. Bob Keeland, PhD On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 3:49 PM Willie via EV wrote: > > > On 09/08/2018 09:38 PM, Peri Hartman via EV

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Michael Ross via EV
500kWh/kg is really game changing. Musk estimated (quite a long time ago now) that 400kWh/kg would be the threshold for economical supersonic air transport. On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 7:19 AM Jukka Järvinen via EV wrote: > Hi guys. > > Since tZero the small-cell-paralleling has been driven by costs

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Paul Dove via EV
Oh yea, his premise is wrong as well. A large format cell is made up of many smaller cells in parallel. I opened a 100 Ah cell and it had 10 - 10Ah cells paralleled inside with no fuse between them: so if you loose one you loose them all. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 9, 2018, at 6:24 AM, Willie

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Jan Steinman via EV
> From: Jukka J?rvinen > > The main question is when will the problems be there? After 200.000 or > 500.000 miles?... we have just now > mastered the solid state electrolyte and synthetic Graphene production. I > see now 500Wh/kg, >15 year lifetime I see someone arguing both sides of a

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread paul dove via EV
I know Tesla had problems with there gear box early on but I have heard of no battery issues. And since when is a bolt a lot less than a Tesla? My Tesla was 41000 that’s right in there with a bolt aren’t they ~37000? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2018, at 9:38 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Willie via EV
On 09/08/2018 09:38 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: Well, does anyone have actual numbers regarding failures of Teslas? Overall, they've been out long enough that "we" should know if there are reliability problems or not. On my part, I have not heard of any widespread Tesla failure. What

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Mark, I think it is a fallacy to consider all large format cells as single point of failure, the prismatic cells that i have seen opened all consisted of multiple cells internally, sometimes several dozen thin pouch cells with their terminals clamped together, for example 20 cells of 5Ah stuffed

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-09 Thread Jukka Järvinen via EV
Hi guys. Since tZero the small-cell-paralleling has been driven by costs and the search for benefit of scale. During those days there were not so many ”large” cell format producers and the cost efficiency was not even close to laptop cells. We were even looking in all kind of folding methods and

Re: [EVDL] Large Format Cells vs. Small Format Cells for EVs

2018-09-08 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
Well, does anyone have actual numbers regarding failures of Teslas? Overall, they've been out long enough that "we" should know if there are reliability problems or not. On my part, I have not heard of any widespread Tesla failure. What reliability problems is C.S. referring to? As for C.S.