Thursday, November 19, 2009

[Electric Boats] Re: New Mastervolt Lithium Ion Battery

 

Carl,

The only price I've seen reported is US$8000 per battery, this works out to $2.00/wh.
http://www.examiner.com/x-4427-Houston-Boating-Examiner~y2009m3d1-The-latest-marine-technology-and-gadgets-for-boats

The weight, volume and performance is almost identical to 8 LiFePO4 batteries in series which are 80% cheaper at $.40/wh. The advantage seems to be slick packaging and the on-board BMS. I've also read that the manufacturer says that Mastervolt chargers must be used, I would guess they integrate with the electronic package in the battery case. Perhaps Mastervolt is going after the "plug and play" crowd that has way too much discretionary funding at hand.

Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "carlsvacationpage" <carlatho@...> wrote:
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> Has this new battery been assessed for it's use in electric propulsion yet? I searched the messages and did not find a reference?
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> http://www.mastervolt.com/view_product.php?lang=2&section=marine&prggr_id=1019&prg_id=1187&pro_id=6103
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> Has anybody seen a price advertised?
>

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