Why Is the US Regulating E-Bike and Scooter Batteries?

ebike battery sketch of exploded view

Summary for battery pack producers The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has proposed making battery safety for e-bikes, e-scooters, hoverboards and similar products a federal legal requirement. Today it is a patchwork of voluntary UL standards, retailer conditions and city rules. If a final rule follows the proposal, compliance would be required 180 days … Read more

Investigation of Catastrophic Battery Failures

field failure investigation of escooter battery

This Investigation of Catastrophic Battery Failures looks at field failures of lithium ion batteries in devices such as e-scooters and e-bikes. This is a summary of: Holloway, J.; Maharun, M.; Houmadi, I.; Remy, G.; Piper, L.; Williams, M.A.; Loveridge, M.J. Developing Preventative Strategies to Mitigate Thermal Runaway in NMC532-Graphite Cylindrical Cells Using Forensic Simulations. Batteries 2024, 10, 104. … Read more

Vinfast Theon S Battery

Vinfast Theon S battery

The Vinfast Theon S battery for the electric 2 wheeler from Vietnam. The original version had swappable battery packs that used Samsung 21700 NCA cells. In 2022 VinFast changed the design to a fixed Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) pack that uses LFP prismatic cells from Gotion [3]. Metrics This post has been built based on … Read more

OLA S1 E-Scooter

Ola eScooter

Ola S1 E-Scooter are the number one selling scooters in India in the electric 2 wheeler market. In 2023 Ola sold 252,647 units (till dec21). Ola S1 comes in three models: Ola S1 Pro, S1 Air and S1X. In this article we will see benchmarking of OLA battery pack for S1. S1 air and X … Read more