Help diagnosing, and watch out for A123 mini batteries...

[pete]

Yeah I thought it was a bit rude, but we're used to that over here.

Even though the Aussie dollar is very strong at the moment (maybe wavering a little at present), we still get stupid markups over what you guys get over there and it actually makes no sense whatsoever.

Over here it seems to be a matter of how much profit can I make on one individual item rather than how can we sell a lot of these by lowering the profit on one individual item? </rant>

Thanks for the heads up on batteryspace.com, I'll take a peek...

[scaylabs]

540 city miles and 3 months down, no issues at all with the Shorai battery! (knock on virtual internet wood).

[Big Rich]

Scalylabs, there is guy on the GSTwins site by the screen name Adidasguy that has Shorai batteries in (I think) all 3 of his GS500's. He swears by them as well. And a guy on dotheton.com by the name T71ford had an issue with the first generation Shorai battery - but after talking to the president of the company and getting the current generation battery he has had nothing but experiences with it as well.

[SqDancerLynn1]

I'm not sold on this..
Chevy Volt catches fire weeks after test crash

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/14/1645110/chevy-volt-fire-occurred-three.html

[pete]

Glad to hear you're having more success with the Shorai!

At about $260 locally here a Shorai is just stupidly expensive... I ended up with a standard battery again for $69 delivered to my door... it'll do...

[dwvoss]

I'm not sold on this..
Chevy Volt catches fire weeks after test crash

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/...red-three.html

GM has since come out with a de-energizing procedure for damaged battery packs to avoid this issue. Think of it kind of like draining a damaged gas tank.

NHTSA is currently doing more testing where they are now impacting the battery pack directly (not as part of an assembled car) without de-energizing the battery to help determine the root cause of the fire.