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Higherwire has partnered with several electric mobility companies to create a circular process for their returned battery packs! Our main focus is to pair these with our solar energy storage systems, as usual. However, supply is such that we're also going to offer them as a budget-friendly solution for those looking to build custom packs.
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Driven largely by battery manufacturing, the EV sector and stainless steel production, nickel demand has ramped up in recent years, with 2021 seeing 17% demand growth. Combine that with supply disruption and inflationary pressure and the result has been wild price fluctuations and 50% price increase over the past 12 months.
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Higherwire We are excited to announce that we have created 18650 heat shrink sleeves with our logo! Since we repurpose 18650 cells for our battery assemblies, we have to deal with a lot of damaged heat shrink, tape, and...
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In an effort to wring the most power density out of the 18650 form factor, a few years ago some manufacturers began slightly modifying the chemistries of their batteries. This allowed them to increase voltage and therefore squeeze out a...
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18650's You might have noticed that much of our stock of many 18650 cells is running low or out. We’re still analyzing cells! But a few things have conspired to keep us from updating stock. First, and this is...
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