When we say we improve whenever it’s possible, we mean it. While technically there are no limits to improvement, there are physical, technological and financial limitations that we have to carefully weigh up to preserve value for everyone.
Our latest change coming soon will be the implementation of flexible bus bars to replace one of the internal cables. This represents not only a slight financial benefit, but also a reduction in internal resistance to further improve the efficiency of the battery. The Scout and Cabin batteries will all receive this upgrade and while it’ll look no different on the outside, it’ll be noticeable on the performance stat’s. This is an enhancement from 50mm2 up to 60mm2, but the actual resistance is about half of what the cable version is.
Securing a good supplier of these means we no longer need to manufacture the cable in-house, which takes a surprising amount of time when you count in the multiple operations. First we need to ensure stock of lugs, cable and heatshrink. Cable needs to be cut to length, stripped at both ends, and then each lug put on and crimped in place. Then each end heathsrunk. All of this time plus the fact that copper items are expensive, ends up costing a pretty penny.
