Lithium ion batteries suspect in 787 fire

[surfingslovak]

Nope. Google for mitsubishi toshiba scib battery. Not sure if there's some misreporting back then or now or whether there are different batteries depending on the region.

Ah, thanks for pointing it out. I was able to find a related quote showing that Mitsubishi never stopped using the old GS Yuasa pack. It's difficult to say what percentage of the total volume Toshiba's SCiB represented. Either way, this is more bad news for GS Yuasa, unfortunately. You have to wonder when it will start affecting their business.

Despite reports by various blogs that the decision means Mitsubishi Motors has abandoned the BEV battery pack it has developed with joint-venture partners GS Yuasa Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp., a Mitsubishi Motors spokesman told AutoObserver that the automaker intends to employ both battery packs in its BEVs "at least for the near term."

"No one has made a decision to discontinue" use or development of the lithium-ion batteries produced by the joint venture, Maurice Durand said in an interview today. The joint venture was formed in 2008 to develop and manufacture large-capacity, high-performance lithium-ion batteries for use in BEVs and plug-in hybrids. Mitsubishi Motors decided to use Toshiba's SCiB (Super Charge Ion Battery) packs to supplement those of the joint venture to ensure the automaker's ability to meet anticipated demand for the BEVs it brings to market during the next few years.

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[DaveEV]

One really has to wonder if the iMiEV / 787 incidents are related - the failure modes are really eerily similar describing what appears to be an internal short in one of the cells.

 

[TomT]

And the batteries in all three are made by the same company...

One really has to wonder if the Outlander / iMiEV / 787 incidents are related - the failure modes are really eerily similar describing what appears to be an internal short in one of the cells.

 

[cwerdna]

Thread resurrection...

I didn't know about this site and later stumbled across these links re: to the 787 battery issues

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http://787updates.newairplane.com/787-Electrical-Systems/Batteries-and-Advanced-Airplanes" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;