In these circles, many elect to create their own battery solution, relying on the popular 18650 cell as the basis for the pack. These can be readily harvested from laptops, power drills and other ...

Tesla famously build their battery packs from standard 18650 lithium-ion cells, but it’s safe to say that the pack in the Model S has little in common with your laptop battery. Fortunately for ...

Daniel Madrzykowski and Nathaniel Sauer provide the details of the Fire Safety Research Institute's testing that shed more light on the dangers posed when li-ion batteries ...