Finally, an LiFePO4 for Rubeus Hagrid's EDC ...

[Bones]

The founders of A123Systems: MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, Dr. Bart Riley, and Ric Fulop,
and current President / CEO David Vieau appear with some of the large format cells
that they want to place in plug-in hybrids from General Motors.

Attribution: http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/?p=2096

 

[tn6110]

 

[rizky_p]

imagine the runtime on those batteries

 

[Flashlight Aficionado]

Time to redesign The Torch. :naughty:

 

[rizky_p]

i wondering if those batteries actually fits inside mag tube...

 

[NA8]

i wondering if those batteries actually fits inside mag tube...

My thoughts exactly

 

[Flashlight Aficionado]

Look at the guy in the orange shirt in the background. He is holding six of the batteries in a plastic wrapper. That gives you a good idea how big they are. I think they would fit a mag tube.

 

[Bones]

Look at the guy in the orange shirt in the background. He is holding six of the batteries in a plastic wrapper. That gives you a good idea how big they are. I think they would fit a mag tube.

I just tried to locate a source for these cells, and thought they might be in this Prius Conversion Kit which, admittedly, would take a 'really big' group buy to afford:




Unfortunately, A123Systems appears to have used their 26650 cell in the kit, at least according to the dimensions apparent in this CAD view from the HyMotion web site: