The main Achilles heel of the EV is the main battery bank. It is expensive, heavy, a potential hazard, the main limiting factor for performance and vehicle range. As with any vehicle, adding more weight means you need more power...

It’s a good thing that I’m also good at the unexpected adventure, because I had some learning opportunities along the way. I’ll list three: Loose battery connections can get looser due to vibration and cause a thermal runaway situation. Basically,...

This blog post, originally intended to follow the progress of my current Electric Vehicle (EV) project, has evolved into a summary of EV projects spanning twenty years. I don’t claim to be an EV expert, but I do claim to...

On September 11th, Nick Higbee and Ben Paprocki will be presenting a technical talk on the topic Journey Mapping to Battery Testing: How User Inputs Drive Technical Requirements at the Battery Show North America in Michigan. Leading up to our...

“But that seems like such a guy job!” was my first response to the career aptitude test result that dared to suggest Biomedical Engineering as a career. Throughout high school, I had been fairly certain that a career in the...