As electric cars get mandated and gasoline cars banned (in the US, California has already passed a bill to ban sale of gasoline cars by 2030), we need to talk about lithium, the main component in lithium ion batteries. Lithium ion batteries come in various “formats”. The 18650 battery, used in huge amounts in the older Tesla cars, are 18mm wide, and 65.0mm high, give or take 0.2mm. Other types are “flat pack” which are the flat batteries used a lot in cell phones, tablets and other devices. Laptops used to use a bunch of 18650 cells but they are moving to flat packs now.
Let's talk lithium and lithium batteries.
Let's talk lithium and lithium batteries.
Let's talk lithium and lithium batteries.
As electric cars get mandated and gasoline cars banned (in the US, California has already passed a bill to ban sale of gasoline cars by 2030), we need to talk about lithium, the main component in lithium ion batteries. Lithium ion batteries come in various “formats”. The 18650 battery, used in huge amounts in the older Tesla cars, are 18mm wide, and 65.0mm high, give or take 0.2mm. Other types are “flat pack” which are the flat batteries used a lot in cell phones, tablets and other devices. Laptops used to use a bunch of 18650 cells but they are moving to flat packs now.