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Advancing Resiliency in Electrification

Resiliency in the context of electrification, the challenges of building resiliency into electrification initiatives, and how to design resiliency into your strategy.

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What Drives the Future of Battery Technologies? (Part 1)

Battery chemistries aren’t the bottleneck in the future of battery technologies. We explore what business leaders should focus on in their electrification strategies by understanding the challenge of the battery value chain.

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The Fallacy of "Better Battery Chemistries”

Traditional battery technology doesn’t allow you to drop some newfangled-chemistry cells into an existing pack. Introducing new chemistries means redesigning the equipment, maintenance routine, supply chain, and more — creating immense barriers to bringing better battery chemistries from the lab into the commercial world.

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How To Navigate the Battery Supply Chain

While the supply chain for electrified equipment is shorter, it heads in a different direction. You can’t make a 1-to-1 analogy to translate inventory control strategy from ICE to battery. The key to survive and thrive in this transition starts with a mindset change.

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How To Evaluate Battery Safety Features

Battery safety is as elusive as it’s critical. Determining if a solution is “safe enough” for an application isn’t always a black-and-white decision. Here’s what you need to know.

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How to Test and Validate Battery Specs

Can you trust battery manufacturers’ specs when integrating a lithium battery solution into your product? Here’s how to test and validate battery safety, performance, lifespan, and more based on your requirements.

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How To Make Your Battery Pack Do _____

How to change battery characteristics and behaviors to meet business and product requirements and make electrification solutions more accessible to small and medium enterprises.

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