Comments on: GM volt Lithium battery – Crush test with A123 vs LG Chem

By: BungaEBiker

BungaEBiker — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:13:14 +0000

would NiMh batteries do the same thing?

By: JohnCBriggs

JohnCBriggs — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:50:01 +0000

“staring” or “starring”?

Nice try, looks a little bit inconclusive.

By: luc59457

luc59457 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:06:40 +0000

Hahaha, funny video, that’s quite to the extreme to crush those batteries! Did you look to see if there was a mark after on the aspalt? What did it smell like? Looks toxic. This reminds me of something the myth busters would do. Is this like a do not try at home video? =)

By: Doctorbass

Doctorbass — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:41:31 +0000

Oh.. thanks.. !..i’ll try to correct that !

The conclusion that iwanted wasen’t the one i hoped !.. I thou the A123 cell would have a little smoke. no more.. and that the cobalt cell would have burst in flames.. but that wasn’t.. So my conclusion on that… depending on how you crush lithium cells, they will or will not burst in flame…

I though that the results would have ben the opposite.. I was surprized!.

By: Doctorbass

Doctorbass — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:05:50 +0000

Yes Luc.. that is extreme.. no mark on the asphalt… and i left no debri.. I cleaned all the asphast after that test. The smoke foming from the A123 was.. a bit toxic i think. I would not be able to breath in a car with more than 500 of the se cells smoking like that.
I love them and they are very strong.. but that test surprized me alot!

By: Doctorbass

Doctorbass — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:01:55 +0000

Still not tried.. I dont want to use them.. their energy density is not as good as i need for electric bike and other EV.

By: luc59457

luc59457 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:50:39 +0000

I just found it funny that you made use of that backhoe when there are so many smaller vehicles and utilities to crush those batteries,hehe nice job! Was the backhoe shovel melted from the power of the cells acid? lol jk. You better be carefull you might cause a nuclear explosion. Watch out for the a123!

By: dantonass

dantonass — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:00:22 +0000

je suis surpris du résultat moi aussi

By: JohnCBriggs

JohnCBriggs — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:15:17 +0000

In any case, it is nice to see people trying to get real data rather than relying on marketing information.

By: bananaphonehome

bananaphonehome — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:14:44 +0000

maybe you should try it anyway