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Hello,
I'm a new member, and I've been doing some random amateur research here and there on EVs. Being also an amateur RC hobbyist, I've been exposed to the theoretical capabilities of Lipos in a larger scale setup. Which leads me to the question:
Would it seem feasible/reasonable to use Turnigy Graphene RC lipos (https://hobbyking.com/en_us/batteries/turnigy-graphene-batteries.html?dir=desc&order=capacity) for an everyday driver setup?
I am well aware of a previous thread about using regular RC lipos for an EV (http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/turnigy-lithium-polymer-battery-evi-131970.html), so I know one of the first objections will be "RC lipos do not have a long enough life cycle". However, these "Graphene" lipos have been tested to up to 900+ cycles on them w/o any loss in capacity (https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2592234-Turnigy-Graphene), so in my mind they seem like a plausible solution to the whole dilemma of lower lipo cell life.
Any comments? I couldn't seem to find threads that had already discussed this, so if there was already previous info on the topic, that would be great to see.
Keep in mind, this is not a project I am actually building, just a curious thought, so I have no specifics on an actual application.
I'm a new member, and I've been doing some random amateur research here and there on EVs. Being also an amateur RC hobbyist, I've been exposed to the theoretical capabilities of Lipos in a larger scale setup. Which leads me to the question:
Would it seem feasible/reasonable to use Turnigy Graphene RC lipos (https://hobbyking.com/en_us/batteries/turnigy-graphene-batteries.html?dir=desc&order=capacity) for an everyday driver setup?
I am well aware of a previous thread about using regular RC lipos for an EV (http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/turnigy-lithium-polymer-battery-evi-131970.html), so I know one of the first objections will be "RC lipos do not have a long enough life cycle". However, these "Graphene" lipos have been tested to up to 900+ cycles on them w/o any loss in capacity (https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2592234-Turnigy-Graphene), so in my mind they seem like a plausible solution to the whole dilemma of lower lipo cell life.
Any comments? I couldn't seem to find threads that had already discussed this, so if there was already previous info on the topic, that would be great to see.
Keep in mind, this is not a project I am actually building, just a curious thought, so I have no specifics on an actual application.