Nissan LEAF Battery Pouch Cells - Fire and Destruction Tests

In a LEAF Battery Module are 4 pouches, and these seem to be very tough !

- DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME -



- DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME -

"A used battery form Nissan Leaf 3.8V 33Ah, tested for how likely to catch fire when is destroyed or in flames. We had no success make it burn. Same battery after the burn test was charged/discharged twice at 1/3C - 10A - it has 30Ah capacity remaining. Before the test this cell was under salty water for 2 hours - you can see the contact are destroyed."














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EVTV Friday Show - November 9, 2012

This week:
- HPEVS (Hi Performance Electric Vehicle Systems) New AC-50 Motor

- More battery theory: cold weather charging & anode advancements

- Azure Dynamics liquidation fire sale



New Tesla Roadster ...

The return of the copper foil helmet ...

And back to school, with Professor Rickard ... (battery school that is)

2 things:
- Do not charge LiFePO4 cells below 0°C
- Adavancements in Anode announced by Rice University are very promising :-)

New HPEVS AC-50 Motor: bigger, harder & stronger

The one Jack is using at the moment (in the Speedster Nippon build for example)

Azure Dynamics liquidation fire sale: Jack acquired a lot of quality EV parts that will be available on the EVTV Online Store for bargain prices ! "Stay with us..." :-) 

More info on Jack's blog