Gbatteries (YC W14) Launches BatteryBox, A 50Whr Backup Battery For MacBooks

Post by chillingeffect » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 7:09 PM UTC

Blahah wrote: post #36

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #26

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Yeah, it's obviously snake oil. If you had a technology that increased the charge-cycle lifetime of a battery by any substantial amount, you wouldn't be marketing a stupid plastic box for mactards. You'd be cashing billion-dollar checks twice a day.

if you read the article, you'd see they're working on OEM deals to get the tech into batteries across the board. The Box is just a nice consumer demo so people can get their hands on it now. Actually a pretty smart PR move. Also, the patent: https://www.google.com/patents/WO2013142964A1

Post by enscr » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 7:10 PM UTC

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Post by dublinben » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 7:20 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #66

XorNot wrote: post #60

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This is straight up not possible. Lithium-ion batteries degrade irreversibly as they're used - the only way to reduce capacity loss is to reduce the depth-of-discharge: add more cells, and discharge them less per cycle. Unless they're fiddling with the actual chemistry of the cells, it's unlikely they've changed anything.

Did you read the linked article? > Batteries are typically charged and discharged through a constant stream of power, which causes problems like SEI layer formation that causes the battery to degrade over time. The BatteryOS system, by contrast, takes an active role in managing what’s happening inside a Li-ion battery, which not only lengthens the life of the battery, but also gives it the ability to store 10 percent…