jray3
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GS Yuasa is the exclusive battery supplier for the Boeing 787, which just did an emergency u-turn to Tokyo after smoke in the cockpit, days after a lithium battery went thermal in a parked 787. :shock: I haven't been able to find any detail on which cells they are using in the planes, but this is the first use of lithium ion cells in a commercial airliner. Hard to believe that all the rest of those big birds are still lugging around nicads, like my EV conversion, but at least those are full of water and don't self-sustain a fire. (I should know, after loose/corroded connections have sent slag into the pack on more than one occasion!)
Wonder how much similarity our cells and BMS have to the Boeing batteries?
Wonder how much similarity our cells and BMS have to the Boeing batteries?